Tame Me My Brother -in-Law Chapter 8
CELINE’S POV
I was washing some utensils on the sink when I heard Martha speak behind
- me. “Why are you wearing a face mask all the time, Celine?” she asked
curiously.
It wasn’t until just now that it dawned on me that Martha and my mother
were both patients in the same hospital ward, but she was further along in
the healing process, so she can roam around the hospital specifically in the
basement where there’s a television. Though we also have one here in the
ward, she preferred to watch on a larger screen.
My eyes flashed as I turned to look at her. “Martha… I’ve never been in good
health, and it started when I was a child. Because bacteria are present
everywhere, there’s a good chance that I could easily get sick whenever I
visit the hospital. My asthma will flare up in a very short amount of time.”
“Oh, I see…” She acknowledged my answer with a nod and went back to
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watching television as she lay on her bed.
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I wiped my hands with the hand towel and walked back towards mom’s bed
when I noticed her sleeping again. She was already discharged a week ago
but her condition got worse so we had to come back here for another
session of her treatment.
My father was opposed to the idea of me moving back to the city, but I had
no choice but to disobey him because this particular hospital offered the
most advanced treatment options. Therefore, I had to hide my face by
wearing a face mask every time.
The things I said to Martha were all lies. She might notice that the woman she
was watching on the television a week ago has the same face as mine if I
removed my face mask.
I proceeded to the restroom in order to brush my teeth, but to my dismay… I
discovered that there was no toothpaste available. In addition, there was no
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as I turned the faucet on and washed my face
looked up, I cringed at my reflection
some
night in the hotel.
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the thought. Why couldn’t I
thoughts? He was my first at everything, but he
He is soon to be my
sure? Or perhaps you’ve already given
my head caused me to grimace
in my head with the whole resolve. It wasn’t the right
to those kinds of thoughts at this moment.
stall, I reached
me…” I went up to Martha, who was
look out for mom for a while? I’ll just
store and pick up a few things I
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a nod without taking her
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everything that I needed,
to the counter to pay for my items when I witnessed what
dispute between another customer and the woman working
with the dark hair remarked to
“Just let me get my wallet
responded by shaking
attention that the queue
read the impatience on the faces of the individuals
I decided to interrupt their conversation. “What exactly is
here?”
while sheepishly scratching his nape, “I
wallet in the
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sigh as I rummaged through my wallet and pulled out fifty dollars
to
made a
taking the assistance that I was
me later. The queue is getting longer and my mom is already
got no choice but to accept the money
the items he had purchased.
time while I was paying for my
was finished, he approached
face.
he walked with me. “I’ll just get my wallet
and I’ll pay
adjusting my face mask and giving him a nod, I saw him
lot while I waited for him
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