The Educator
Chapter 30: 30
I nod in agreement and the nurses and doctors head to the farther corner of the room to talk. There is a knock on the door and a medical technician walks in. He greets me and proceed to the farther corner of the room where everyone was. The medical technician carries a luggage-like bag and starts pulling out apparatuses. Elliot leans to me, “Hey, what do you want for lunch or uhm dinner?” he asks me. I slowly stand up and Elliot helps me up.
“Your mom is excited for you and me to consummate this marriage” I tease Elliot.
“We’re working on that.” Elliot smiles at me
“So, what did the police say?” I ask
Elliot lets out a breath, “Well, speaking of that, we would need to get home sooner. I am not confident that we stay here any longer. We’ll fly out maybe on Thursday instead of Sunday. I’ll just give you time to regain your strength before we fly back home.”
My face fell. I thought we would be spending more time together. When we leave to go back home, we will not be seeing much of each other. Elliot will be busy with the business and school and I will be busy with school.
to go home just yet. I like it here.
his hands, “I’m sorry to have to cut the trip short
that made you decide to
precautions” he tells me, “I just don’t want
look at him, “I promise I don’t be. Let’s just stay until the end
on the door. Elliot stands and opens the door to see two police officers and a man in a black suit. I hear them but I could not decipher the whole conversation. All I was able to pick up was they were
and this is my partner officer Chen.” The first officer greets me. “This is detective Huang. He will be handling your case. We are here to gather information on what things, to help piece
sure, no problem” I
pad and a pen,
my head,