Secret of love

the icy wind ended up bani

ing in the air tonight.

ary?' You must be crazy

have poetry in your soul

y?" A catalog containing all parts of the human

tic as you're trying to be, Laura. It's j

!" I laughed because I wasn't

gleaming in the bright light and

bit, did you study hard

he hours I had spent wandering through the shops to choose a new coat. I watc

u know I'm not the type that doesn't care about anything. I desperately want to pass the

otta go, Rob. - I got on

is hand on my arm. 'You're from

surprise. - My whole family is

hat's one of the reasons I took this job: trying to go back t

opping you fr

tation, and no local knowledge. I've

same time. - But what can I do? Unfort

off duty he's filling in for me at the hospital

in case of traveling around the surroundings. I would really like to he

tly, and a strange tremor crept up my arm. "When I have an idea, I'll talk to you.

d turned to him. "Good nig

I felt intrigued. Was Rob really interested in getting to know the

liked: tall, with brown hair and a plain but friendly face. He wasn't a glamorous figure or anything like that. Perhap

ed on the nightstand lamp. Seven and ten. I must have forgotten to turn on the alarm clock. I had to be at the hospital at se

, the door opened and my mother

yet, Laura?"

and slippers to go to the bathr

d brought it to my parents in bed. I felt relieved that I didn't have to. Ten m

's going to be time t

need a lot of energy, and you can't do al

was concerned, my mother didn't give a damn. My brother and I ha

ked. "In the meantime, I'm going ups

sides because it always came loose when trying to do a ponytail. A patient had said that ha

r three years now, do

arious ranks of the nurses at Augusto because all

ing it to the hospital in time. But I was not lucky. The bike didn't want to start. It had been giving me trouble lately and I kn

ered every branch and every leaf on the trees. Like pearls. A few drops fell on me as I ran along the sidewa

sudden brake, and a

h soon vanished: I didn't know anyone who had a car like that. It was a very expensive sport model, which

t the man in the driver's s

w. 'I thought it was you, Laura, although you look very

going the

can handl

argument. The bench was comfortable, and I felt a little awkward sinking into it. I tri

rned down a side street. Everything seemed to have cost a lot, and

was becomi

te for the hospital i

- he asked. "Di

to turn on the alarm clock and th

ouldn't have been out so early if he hadn't been summoned

ly interested. "Or was it the boy wh

- He gave me a quick explanation of the case. "We managed to finis

and figured it must be because our conversation was prof

ell are you

a bite of the sandwich. - I didn'

don't get us

was a child. - In two years of work, I've only been late about three times, and I assure you th

ece of bread that was cho

in the cars I'm used to riding in, but I under

fortunately the opposite happened, an

aius sai

always l

ke t

ive and r

ggled to find the appropriate words, he con

en in this car before, La

stutterin

ned to me. Please forgive me

Yesterday, for example, the day started very well. I was eager to start my new job and arrived at Augusto full of enthusiasm; t

ng to take the lead

ital and I was looking forward to getti

Dr. Gaius. Thanks

reating each other so formally. After all, we a

lities. Thanks again, Dr. Gaius. ' Satisfied that

and new. The main ward was L-shaped, with Victorian doors leading to the annexe, which