chapter 41:
"dr. adam, rose is here to see you" lisa informs adam after her knock.
"she can come in, lisa."
"hi, handsome."
adam smiles for the first time, today at his wife's appearance.
she's wearing a red jumpsuit and carrying many bags.
"hello, pretty girl." he kisses her cheek after she has placed the bags on the floor.
"what have you got in the bags?"
it has become a tradition that rose visits adam in his breaktime with bags full of purchases.
"adam, I saw the most beautiful bedsheet for our bed."
she opens the bags to show adam the bedsheet, pillows, fridge-stickers, jar, and vases.
"that's beautiful, love." he helps her sit on the table and holds both her hands.
"you did your nails?" he observes her baby-pink nails.
"yes, and I'll do my hair tomorrow." she touches her hair and says, "maybe I'll trim it a bit."
"I'm sure your hair will look pretty with a trim." he smiles at her.
"did you pick your dress up, sweet girl?" she nods and points to the gold bag. "it's there."
"what about you? how are you?" she asks him, aware of the fact that it was just her talking.
"I'm so tired, you know" says adam, with his brows furrowed. "most of the doctors are on holiday, so they're giving me their patients, and I'm not too happy" sighs adam.
"tell them you don't want to take other doctors' patients, you can't?" her voice worried.
"it's not that easy, ro." he shrugs his shoulders. "dr. oliver wouldn't even listen to me" he laughs tiredly.
rose gets off the table and sits on the couch before tapping on her lap, "come."
"come. come here, you can nap for a little bit."
unhesitatingly, he walks over to where she is and lays his head on her lap, letting out a huge sigh.
"you haven't showered yesterday" she says, jokingly. "you said you will."
"is this what you tell your tired husband?" he pouts at her.
she softens her words with soft traces on his hair. "I want you to look beautiful tomorrow night."
tomorrow night is jack and natalie's wedding. it's been 6 months since they've been engaged.
"that won't happen because you'll be there" he flirts, his voice low.
"go to sleep." she smacks his shoulder, playfully. "go to sleep."
"read to me." he looks at her. "we've reached chapter 18, right? continue, then."
rose chuckles at her husband's habit that has been occurring several times, recently.
"what? I read to you one time, and now you can't sleep unless I read?" she jokes, her tone gentle.
"yes. now, read woman." he folds his knees sideway and listens to rose talk about marianne and connel.
within, a minute and 15 seconds, adam's breaths even out, that rose reads silently and strokes his hair.
it's almost 5, when he sighs loudly indicating that he has woken up. he stretches out like dodo would, with his eyes closed.
"have a good nap, handsome?" she rubs his undereye area, causing him to shut his eyes.
