Patricia was practicing how to walk alone in her room when Michelle arrived at the hospital. Finally, she could now walk slowly again! Her gladness was evident on her face whenever she managed to make a tiny step. She might only be able to walk for some minutes at most now, however, she was sure that she could do better soon. She was lucky enough to survive the car crash. She just couldn't ask for too much, could she?
"Why are you here so early today?" asked Patricia as soon as she saw Michelle walked in. She stopped in her track and slowly made her way to sit on the bed. She was heaving when she grabbed her cup from the bedside table and gulped down a lot of water in one go. That practice really made her thirsty!
"You made it sound like all I do is to sleep." Though Michelle indeed slept the whole day every day, she still felt a bit embarrassed that her friend had pointed it out as soon as she saw her. So what if she was lazy? She was just naturally like that.
"Don't you? By the way, why are you here empty-handed? Have some manners, will you?" Patricia complained in fake annoyance. Leena would always bring some food to her whenever she came. However, Michelle was different. She didn't even bother to bring her anything at all! She always came empty-handed. Thus, Patricia found it really amusing.
"Why wouldn't I come here empty-handed? What do you need? As far as I can remember, you were complaining about getting fatter the last time I was here. You said that Leena brought you too much food every time she came. Thus, I don't bring you anything. Don't you think I'm clever? This way you won't have a chance to complain about me." Michelle shrugged. She didn't feel a bit guilty about it because she couldn't cook at all. Moreover, she didn't know what to bring to Patricia. She was not in a good mood today. She felt a bit dizzy and sad for what happened between her and her husband earlier.
"You should have at least brought me some breakfast!" said Patricia as she rolled her eyes at her.
"Um? You haven't eaten breakfast yet? Where is your personal nurse by the way? Didn't she prepare you something to eat?" Michelle was a little confused. She suddenly realized that she hadn't seen Patricia's nurse today. It was her nurse who usually prepared everything for her.
"She told me that something urgent happened in her family. So I gave her a few days off." Patricia waved her hand as she spoke. She was indeed a very nice person. She didn't want to see others sad, thus, she immediately agreed. It was lucky that her nurse's leave would last only a few days because honestly, she got no clue on how to do things on her own.
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