Chapter 44: Office Gossip Chapter 44: Office Gossip Realizing Nurse Courage didn’t want to talk about her pain, Nnenna decided to let it slide, for now.

But before leaving, she leaned in and whispered softly, her voice laced with care, “Mommy Courage, if someone truly loves you, they wouldn’t shout at you or make you cry like this.” The words hung in the air as Nurse Courage blinked at her, startled.

Her lips parted as if to respond, but no words came out.

Instead, a shadow of doubt flickered in her eyes, and Nnenna knew she had planted another seed.

Nnenna paused mid step and decided to press on.

She turned to Nurse Courage and said with a sincere tone, “Mommy Courage, your fiancé scares me.

He doesn’t seem to respect you.

And like I said before, I don’t think that’s how someone who truly loves you should behave.

Please, be careful.” Nurse Courage let out a soft laugh, though it lacked its usual warmth.

“What do you know about relationships and love?

You’re just 15.” But her voice wavered slightly, betraying her doubt.

She added, “But okay, I’ve heard you.

Let’s go back inside now.

We need to check on your ankle.” They held hands as they made their way back into the hospital, though Nurse Courage’s mind seemed far away.

Her absent minded demeanor only worsened when they passed a group of orderlies and nurses clustered together, deep in discussion.

“Did you see what happened in the cafeteria?” one of the younger nurses said, her voice low but audible enough to reach them.

“I used to have so much respect for Nurse Courage.

She works so hard and seemed like such a strong woman.

But after today?

man disrespect her over

respect after all.” The words hit like a

steps faltered as she struggled to hold her

fists, anger surging at

hospital continued to spread like wildfire, each

middle aged nurses shook her head with a slight

praises of her fiancé, making

like that, but now, well, let’s just say I know my fiancé is a saint compared to that man.” She snorted under

had become the subject of endless

would passionately talk about Reuben with a glow in her

words echo back at her, tired of putting him on a pedestal that

another voice chimed in, an intern nurse who wore a

started growing tired of my husband after months

for me.’ All that gibberish,” she said with a mocking laugh, shaking her head as if trying

swirl, with

liar to deceive all of

seemed like such an honest person,” a

nurse, trying to defend

really

bad person pretending to like

like a really great person after

guys are the ones that usually

us that

if I had a man like that in my life,

that she has seen his true

had barely left her mouth when the sharp glares from her colleagues made her shrink back, a

collide with Nurse Courage and Nnenna, who had been standing just around the

nurse glanced at the older woman, her face

tell that Nurse Courage had

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