Being His(Updates Every Friday)

6.

"A single moment of misunderstanding is so poisonous, that it makes us forget the hundred lovable moments spent together within a minute."

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"I was very rude to the nurse earlier." Alhaji gestured secretly with his pursed mouth towards the door where the Nurse in dark pink scrubs stood. 

Elijah looked carefully towards her, like he wasn't looking and told him her name. "She's Nadia Muhammad Shinkafi." Maymunatu turned fully to look at her, when their eyes met, she smiled widely at Nadia who smiled wanly back. 

"Well, you have to apologize. You're usually not like that, but it's not an excuse." Maymunatu said with a shake of her head and a hidden roll of her eyes. 

"I know, it's just it's embarrassing that the first impression she has is of me barking at her." Maymunatu shook her head again at her father, she patted his shoulder, removing invisible lint from his hospital dress. 

"I'll do the apology for you if you're too shy to do it." She teased her father who eyed her with mock disgust. She laughed quietly, watching him grind his teeth in irritation at her teasing. 

"Have I ever taught you to let others apologize for you?" Maymunatu shook her head, looking teasingly at her father. He sighed and sunk more comfortably to the bed before muttering something about being hungry.

"You cannot eat, Elijah has sent someone to get your nutrient IV so, you have to wait. And you've insulted the nurse, so your wait might even be longer." She ended her sentence with an evil chuckle that was meant to irritate her father but he chuckled lowly alongside her. Soon, the CMD returned with a new nutrient pack and handed it to Nadia to set up. 

"During surgery, the nurses stood up for me. I remember hearing her voice and the other young lady. She was asked to scrub out by that clearly incompetent man, while the other had to stay. Whatever punishment you have in mind, should be meted out only to the doctor if you will." The CMD nodded thoughtfully, he apologized again for the error and left the room in another flurry. 

Alhaji cleared his throat and Maymunatu who was sitting by the window, chuckled so evilly even Nadia raised her head from her setting up the IV line. 

"I'm sorry I shouted earlier, I was insulting and I should not have said what I said earlier." Alhaji watched her stop and exhale gently, then she nodded tiredly and injected the said antibiotic combination into the IV. Alhaji priced himself on raising his children to see his actions, Maymunatu and Na'im had seen him apologize for being wrong, which he seldom was, so it was nothing new for her. 

"That," She pointed at the IV and removed her gloves to dispose of them,  "should go on for at least one hour, I'm going to the nurses station downstairs to record this. Please excuse me." She walked out, picking up the small bag that held her knitting on the way. Before alerting her earlier, he'd watched her knit while in deep thought. 

"She didn't accept the apology. You'd have to work harder to earn it, she's my sort of woman." Alhaji rolled his eyes at his daughter's theatrics. He could feel the IV rushing into his system, it was exactly the effect he was looking for. The feeling of hunger slowly dissipated and he could focus on other things. 

"I can help," She said, "but I need to focus on excelling at my internship." Alhaji rolled his eyes again, feeling much more comfortable since the drug and nutrients were now flooding in his blood stream.