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

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the faucet on and

I looked up, I cringed at my reflection

to some

night in

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clear the thought. Why couldn’t

out of my thoughts? He was my first

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

given in to him?‘

within my head caused

with the

those kinds of thoughts at this

the stall, I reached for my bag

to Martha, who was still engrossed in watching

look out for mom for a while?

store and pick up a few things

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responded with a nod without taking her eyes off

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that I had purchased everything

to pay for my items when I witnessed

between another customer and the woman working

with the dark

counter. “Just let me get

she responded by

came to my attention that the

read the impatience on the faces of

so I decided to interrupt their conversation. “What

here?”

said while sheepishly scratching his nape, “I

wallet in

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I rummaged through my wallet and

to

can’t accept that.” He made a gesture with

he would not be taking the assistance that I was offering to

later. The queue is getting longer and my mom is

me, so please…” He’d got no choice but to accept the

the items he had

man was waiting for me the entire time while

finished, he approached me with

face.

the help…” he said as he walked with me. “I’ll

and

mask and giving him a nod, I

waited for him in front of

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