Tame Me My Brother -in-Law

Chapter 8

Tame Me My Brother -in-Law Chapter 8

CELINE’S POV

I was washing some utensils on the sink when I heard Martha speak behind

  1. me. “Why are you wearing a face mask all the time, Celine?” she asked

curiously.

It wasn’t until just now that it dawned on me that Martha and my mother

were both patients in the same hospital ward, but she was further along in

the healing process, so she can roam around the hospital specifically in the

basement where there’s a television. Though we also have one here in the

ward, she preferred to watch on a larger screen.

My eyes flashed as I turned to look at her. “Martha… I’ve never been in good

health, and it started when I was a child. Because bacteria are present

everywhere, there’s a good chance that I could easily get sick whenever I

visit the hospital. My asthma will flare up in a very short amount of time.”

“Oh, I see…” She acknowledged my answer with a nod and went back to

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watching television as she lay on her bed.

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I wiped my hands with the hand towel and walked back towards mom’s bed

when I noticed her sleeping again. She was already discharged a week ago

but her condition got worse so we had to come back here for another

session of her treatment.

My father was opposed to the idea of me moving back to the city, but I had

no choice but to disobey him because this particular hospital offered the

most advanced treatment options. Therefore, I had to hide my face by

wearing a face mask every time.

The things I said to Martha were all lies. She might notice that the woman she

was watching on the television a week ago has the same face as mine if I

removed my face mask.

I proceeded to the restroom in order to brush my teeth, but to my dismay… I

discovered that there was no toothpaste available. In addition, there was no

left in the bottle.

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and washed my face with the cold

looked up, I cringed at my reflection in the

to some sleepless nights

in the hotel.

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the thought. Why couldn’t I keep

my first at everything, but he would never

my first love. He is soon

Or perhaps you’ve already given in to him?‘

my head caused me to grimace in response. I

in my head with the whole resolve. It wasn’t

over to those kinds of thoughts at this moment.

from the stall, I reached for my bag and get my wallet

“Excuse me…” I went up to Martha, who was still engrossed in

please look out for mom for a

a

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with a nod without taking

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everything

the counter to pay for my items

customer and the

pay you, I promise…” The customer with the dark hair remarked to the

“Just let me get

by shaking her

It came to my attention that the

the faces of the

I decided to interrupt their conversation. “What

here?”

scratching his nape, “I can’t pay for

wallet in the

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as I rummaged through my wallet and pulled

give to the

can’t accept that.” He made a

assistance that I was

queue is getting longer

got no choice but

for the items

the entire time while I was paying for

finished, he approached me with an uneasy look on his

face.

you for the help…” he said as he walked

and I’ll

face mask and giving him a nod, I saw him

lot while I waited for him in front of the grocery store.

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