"Granny! How are you?" I asked, trying to sound cheerful as I waltzed into her hospital room.
The room was as white and simple as ever. The hospital room was filled with advanced medical equipment and machines that were designed to keep my granny alive.
"I’m doing well. Have you been busy?" Granny asked, probably referring to the fact that I didn’t drop by before.
"A little. A couple of things happened...and I just got tied up..." I replied vaguely.
Sensing that I didn’t want to talk about it any further, my grandmother did not continue asking. Instead, she started talking about small random things that she knew would cheer me up. I truly appreciate her for everything that she’s done for me.
"How’s the painting going?" Granny asked before she smiled beautifully at me.
She had been receiving treatment for only around a week, but she seemed to be doing well. I smiled back at her as I observed her glowing face. I prayed and hoped that she would be cured and that she would be able to leave the hospital soon. Even if not permanently, it would be good enough for me if she could at least go out sometimes.
I’m sure that she was bored out of her mind being stuck in this room all the time.
"It’s going well. I’m actually here to show you the rough sketch," I said enthusiastically.
I began removing the canvas from the protective bag to show it to her. My grandmother took the canvas in her two hands as she stared at the rough pencil sketch on it.
"This looks much better that I had imagined..." Granny said thoughtfully.
"What does that mean? Don’t underestimate your own granddaughter. Actually, I based this sketch on a photograph of us that we took together a while back," I said.
"So, how can I help you today, young lady?" Granny asked.
Yes, I did think that he was a monster.
Hayden folded my arms to my side before he walked past me towards my grandmother.
"My name is Hayden and I’m currently dating your granddaughter. I heard that you were in this hospital from my father and decided to drop by to see how you are doing. I am sincerely sorry that I did not inform you beforehand," Hayden said smoothly before smiling his most angelic smile at my grandmother.
I hated how well his smiled seemed to enchant her. My grandmother looked up at him with such glassy eyes as if she had just seen a real angel.
Wait?! I’m missing the real problem here...
"No, grandma. We are not dating..." I said firmly.
"Really? But yesterday we already..." Hayden said with innocent wonder.
"We had dinner. Yesterday, Hayden and I...had dinner," I quickly jumped in before he could complete his sentence.
Is he crazy?! Was he honestly about to tell my grandmother that he and I had sex yesterday?!
Hayden chuckled amusedly while my grandmother looked at us with a confused look on her face. This is so bad; he’s going to cause so much misunderstanding between grandmother and me. Plus, as far as my grandmother was concerned, I’m still dating Ethan!
He smiled at me as he turned around to face me once more. I could hear his soft laughter when he was about to walk past me.
"I didn’t know that you were the type of girl who would sleep with a man that she’s not even dating..." Hayden whispered into my ear before he walked past me casually as if nothing had happened.
--To be continued...