“Now your hand is free but remember not to lift anything too heavy,”
The doctor advised.
“Okay, but can I carry my wife?”
He asked, pointing at her, she gave him a dirty look as the doctor laughed.
“No, you can’t, at least not for now,”
“Too bad, but I can wait,”
He answered, the doctor smiled, she was super friendly, they had a few more discussions, she gave him his last dose of prescriptions and they left the hospital, the driver who had brought them must have left for while thinking they might take long in the hospital because when they got to the entrance of the hospital they didn’t find him, Rafael looked angry and she hoped he won’t fire the driver, he must have had a reason for leaving, he called his number and the man apologized saying he was on his way back.
“Why the fuck would you leave without informing me?”
He yelled when the man arrived.
“Rafael , please don’t, he must have a reason, no need to yell,”
Nicole scolded, he turned his anger at her, she expected him to yell at her too but his anger melted away instead.
“I am sorry, what happened man? You should have told me you had somewhere to be, maybe someone else would have brought us,”
He said in a much lower and softer tone, she smiled.
“Sorry, sir but I got called that my baby Rosie, is sick so I had to go take her to the hospital, I couldn’t tell you,”
“Oh, God, I am sorry, Faze, how is she?”
He asked the driver who looked at the point of tears, Nicole felt bad for him.
“I don’t know, I had to turn the car back when you called,”
“What? Why? Come on? You could have just told me on the phone, I would have understood, now get in the car and go, right now, we will find out way back home,”
He yelled, this time out of concern for the driver’s kid, Nicole looked on in admiration, as the driver got back into the car and drove off.
“I acted unreasonable right?”
He asked when he was gone.
“Yes, in the beginning, but you did good in the end, now let’s just call my cabbie to take us home,”
“I feel like a devil,”
He said as they waited for her cab to arrive.
“No, you are not, you didn’t know and when you finally did, you did the right thing,”
She answered.
“I guess so, I just hope she is fine, she is a bright and smart kid,”
“You know his kid?”
“Yup, his kids, he has been working with me for about four years now, I was aware when Rosie was born, she is pretty and has curly hair like you,”
“Wow, nice, let’s hope she is fine,”
“Yes, I will call him later to find out, I hate that I have to do some work when I get home, I don’t wanna but I can’t run away,”
He complained, she ignored him and got into the cab, he did too and they drove home.
When they got back home, Rafael had to be in a conference meeting via Skype so she decided to go to her studio and spend her time there because he said the meeting might take a while, she decided to log in to her page and see what was up there, she hadn’t checked it since they went to Hawaii, she had made her last post on the plane to Hawaii, when she logged in she saw that her followers have increased to almost one million and she had a lot of direct messages, she scrolled through, saw one from a verified account and decided to check it out, the message was an invitation to show off some of her works, she checked out the profile to make sure it was legit before she replied, she got a response immediately, they were able to schedule a video meeting after which she read through thousands of other messages most of which were from fans who were admiring her works and others asking for help to get the materials she used, she answered as much as she could before going off line.
“Nicole?”
Her husband called, he must have been done with his meeting, she stood up as he entered her studio, he looked worn out from the meeting that took about three to four hours.
“You are done? You look tired,”
“Not yet, they went on break and I wanted to see you,”
“Wow, just how long is the meeting supposed to last?”
She asked, she didn’t know much or care about business and long meetings were one of the main reasons.
“Five, six hours, it’s unavoidable seeing that I am the owner, for once I just want to not own it,”
He pouted, she smiled hugging him.
“You are doing fine, now let’s finish our meeting and I will give you a present,”
“Huh, give it to me now, I have thirty minutes,”
He said, she looked around, tempted to go dirty here in her studio.
“What are you thinking my lady?”
He asked, picking his lips, he knew, he knew what she had in mind and was thinking it too.
“What do you think?”
“I have an idea,”
He said as he bent and covered her lips with his, kissing her as he pushed her towards the sofa, his lips never leaving her, while they took off each other’s clothes…
“Babe?”
“Yes?”
“Can I ask you something about you too?”
Nicole asked, they were sitting in their room, his meeting ended a few hours ago and he was still exhausted but he said he didn’t want to sleep, she knew he didn’t like talking about his family but she was dying to know more about him aside from the things that she had read about him online, she wanted to know about his immediate family, he must have had one at some point in his life, he didn’t fall from the sky.