The Three Lanes

Chapter Sixteen

Sunday morning at the hospital all quiet with the smell of medicine in the air; Nate was still resting on the patient's bed when suddenly her hand twitches, she opens her eyes sluggishly then finds it all blurry and when it became overwhelming, closes them momentarily.

Caitlyn takes short deep breaths then tries again, starting by moving her hand to pat his head slowly to wake him up, at first he doesn't believe it and rubs his eyes, that's when she opens her eyes gently and her face becomes terrified but asks alarmingly, "Who are you? What are you doing here?"

"What? I'm Nathaniel Harrison, your husband and I'm here because you were injured at your workplace and have been in a coma since then." He answered quickly expecting her to acknowledge him as he was shocked thinking she may have got amnesia.

"I don't recognize your face" she claimed unexpectedly.

"Oh my God, this is messed up let me go get the doctor; something is really wrong" he got up.

As he was close to the door, he heard her say, "I said I don't recognize your face because you aren't my husband you have my boyfriend's face." He turned around with a smile, "Holy shit babe, you got me there like a fool, I give your acting an A for excellence, holy shit I love you so much."

After hugging her so tightly, he expressed to her how much distraught he was to the thought that she may have been lost forever, to which she whispered in his ears, "if I was a cat I would live all nine lives with you Nate."

The doctor came in and examined her thoroughly, advised her to rest more, consume fluids and she will be out of the hospital in one weeks' time. "It's my first time in weeks to see a smile on your face cait, I missed this so much, anyway have some rest while I go have a change of clothes, been staying at this hospital like a patient, I will be back as soon as possible."

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Leaving the cemetery, he called his girlfriend back and they arranged a dinner date and a sleepover.

Gabriel wore a fine shirt with khaki shorts and air yeezy sneakers, picked Natasha up who was wearing a fine white dress that fitted up to her knees, she kissed him on his cheek and he whispered "such a tease" and she replied, "Such a showoff."

They arrived at one of the fine restaurants in the city where he had made reservations and were shown to their VIP table, "Impressive" she uttered when she was comfortably sitting down.

"Anything for you Natasha, you are worth it" he replied happily.

They ordered their appetizers then she asked him curiously, "Are you trying to bribe me with dinner and sex?"

"I'm not following; what do you mean when you say I'm bribing you?" he asked interestingly.

"I meant are you doing all this so that I leave everything and run off with you?" she explained further.

"No this dinner is for me and you, but piece of advice, when you love someone its worth doing something you are scared of, excuse me I will be right back" He got up and headed to the washroom.

When he came back she was at the bar, and an unfamiliar guy standing next to her, he walked up to them and the guy left and he smiled while speaking to her closely, "I'm not going to pretend by throwing you a pickup line too."

"Oh no he didn't, he was just complimenting my dress" she clarified to him.

"That's too bad for him as he didn't notice how much bright it is in here, we are in the presence of the moon." Pointing at her then continued, "All I can see is that you committed a crime."

"How so?" she asked with interest.

"You kidnapped my sight, Natasha and I don't wanna share that feeling with anyone" He finished.