A Last Letter for my Stargazer
my hospital too, along with his wife, Tess. They w
us," he joked. "You've been out for three days now. I alm
say stuff like that around the kids' uncle. Bes
e. The bullet missed his heart by a f
I saved snickering. It seemed li
he crap out of you," I countered. "Besides, we h
it's a bit awkward to introduce myself with people here, but I'm Clai
vy hair perfectly accentuated her rosy cheeks. This moment felt like one of those scenes in a movie,
r to me and uttered, "This is th
d, "Anyone else would've done the same t
caught my reaction, so she took the opportunity to step in. "Claire, do you min
she knew when I was starting to feel awkward. I thanked my lucky stars every day that m
t to my bedside and asked, "I was pretty scared for you, man, but I knew you'd make it. Without you
would be done for. "Those vultures probably celebrated prematurely. I'm no
"Sounds like
t we gonna talk about how you literally
't sure why I would even risk my life like that. "I was just out for a w
happened. "I haven't got the slightest clue why
our body between her and her attackers just so you can throw your body a
ered. "I didn't th
lans to get with h
and let me die i
uite a good timing at that, because Tess and
re and I got to talking at the cafeteria, and she said that
und like I don't have friends at all!" she blurted out. "It's j
ning her gaze towards me. "Anyway, the doctor said that he can clear you in a couple
ggestion. He wasn't showing that he was about to burst from la
y with you, I'd like a tour of the city. Tess did say th
turned beet red. "And... I wanted to proper
e bed and saw Ryan with a devilish grin
and I'll meet you at the main street. It's a bit crowded there during
er kid, Lianne asked, "Are
spot that I almost got up to leave the room. And in all honesty, if my hand wasn't str
mered, unable to formul
he was eye level with the kid, and said, "Your uncle is just goi
n, "Are you going
e you looking at me for?" I asked back. After a paus
date!" Lian
and their other kid, Lance, out of the r
e sure he eats his lunch, okay?" When she was at the door, she added, "Don't rile him
ue, but I would never hit my best friend. He'd been with me for as long as I'd bee
e was a professor at International Academy of Marina. IAM was one of the best schools in the city, if not the best. Enrolling ev
must be a highly skilled professor and academic. The school on
ar activities that locals and foreign settlers, who could afford to pay
ard that I still hadn't woken up, so that we could play a prank on those assholes. It could potentially put my posi
gone. To be honest, being around her felt like being next to an old friend. It was an inexplic
going to meet on Saturda
AM sound?"
rly, isn't it?" she cou
head and asked back, "You
you've already planned an ent
se up at night, and there's a lot more people later in the day," I reasoned. "Be
stinctively hit my shoulder, causing me to grimac
cond of silence, she muttered something that I could b
d her, "What
nd pretended like she was getting a phone call. "Anyway,
use, Claire. You didn't really