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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Chapter 8 Helping A Stranger

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

in the

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turned the faucet on and washed my face

up, I cringed at my

circles due to some sleepless nights

night in the

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to clear the thought. Why couldn’t

my first at

title of my first love. He is soon to be my sister’s

given in to him?‘ A hushed voice

from deep within my head caused me to grimace in

the whole resolve. It wasn’t the

over to those kinds of thoughts at

the stall, I reached for my bag

me…” I went up to Martha, who was

mom for a while? I’ll

store and pick up a

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without taking her eyes off the

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making sure that I had purchased everything that

my

another customer

with the dark hair remarked to

“Just let me get

she responded by

to my attention that the queue

the impatience on the faces

decided to interrupt their conversation. “What exactly

here?”

nape,

in

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as I rummaged through my

to

He made a gesture with his hand

would not be taking the assistance that

later. The queue is

He’d got no

items he had

for me the entire time while I was paying for

I was finished, he approached me with an uneasy

face.

help…” he said as he walked

and

and giving him a nod,

while I waited for him in front

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