You have a nice laugh.
"Well, thanks Lochlann. I try." she smiled again. She did laugh again when he suggested that she switch out Dr. Hart's coffee. "I don't think so. I can get away with making his life a little brighter, he can't fire me for being happy, but I won't go touching that man's coffee. I rather like my hand right where it is attached to my arm, thanks."
His thumb had stroked over her hand and that wasn't at all like holding a sick man's hand in the hospital. She didn't mind it much but it wasn't the same as using bedside manners. "I have a good stylist," she replied flippantly. "It's hard for me to imagine it boring and normal." she admitted.
"Sure I can," she replied when he said she couldn't expect no payment. "The fact that you didn't expect it free goes a long way with me." She got him sitting upright and helped him peel away the now crusty shirt. She discarded it at the end of the tub and took the bowl to empty and refill again. She used the warm water to wash away the residual blood clinging to his chest and arms with long, gentle wipes. Then she rinsed again and wiped his face where he had spread the blood and removed the bobby pin from his hair while he sat frozen, seemingly lost in thought, possibly mulling over who to call.
"You will most certainly not be fine," she replied in a calm tone, sitting back onto her heels again and finally stripping the used gloves off. She ignored him when he continued to ask to 'pay her back' for a service she would not have charged him money or favors for in the first place.
"Look. You can call someone to get you and keep an eye on you or I'll have to call Dr. Hart. If I did something wrong and your bleeding starts up again while you sleep you might never even know it." She hesitated. "Or you can sleep on an air mattress in the living room," she sounded as hesitant as she felt but if he didn't want anyone, ie the hospital, to know about this then it was possible he didn't want anyone to know.
She could always lock her bedroom door. And put a chair under the handle. Or push the dresser in front of it. It wasn't as if he was strong enough to truly be a danger to her right now.
"Well, thanks Lochlann. I try." she smiled again. She did laugh again when he suggested that she switch out Dr. Hart's coffee. "I don't think so. I can get away with making his life a little brighter, he can't fire me for being happy, but I won't go touching that man's coffee. I rather like my hand right where it is attached to my arm, thanks."
His thumb had stroked over her hand and that wasn't at all like holding a sick man's hand in the hospital. She didn't mind it much but it wasn't the same as using bedside manners. "I have a good stylist," she replied flippantly. "It's hard for me to imagine it boring and normal." she admitted.
"Sure I can," she replied when he said she couldn't expect no payment. "The fact that you didn't expect it free goes a long way with me." She got him sitting upright and helped him peel away the now crusty shirt. She discarded it at the end of the tub and took the bowl to empty and refill again. She used the warm water to wash away the residual blood clinging to his chest and arms with long, gentle wipes. Then she rinsed again and wiped his face where he had spread the blood and removed the bobby pin from his hair while he sat frozen, seemingly lost in thought, possibly mulling over who to call.
"You will most certainly not be fine," she replied in a calm tone, sitting back onto her heels again and finally stripping the used gloves off. She ignored him when he continued to ask to 'pay her back' for a service she would not have charged him money or favors for in the first place.
"Look. You can call someone to get you and keep an eye on you or I'll have to call Dr. Hart. If I did something wrong and your bleeding starts up again while you sleep you might never even know it." She hesitated. "Or you can sleep on an air mattress in the living room," she sounded as hesitant as she felt but if he didn't want anyone, ie the hospital, to know about this then it was possible he didn't want anyone to know.
She could always lock her bedroom door. And put a chair under the handle. Or push the dresser in front of it. It wasn't as if he was strong enough to truly be a danger to her right now.