Papillon (Prince Harry)

Chapter Sixty Nine

The next morning Evee drove towards the hospital in her little Vauxhall. The fact that it probably would be her last drive from her own apartment towards the hospital didn't make it easier. Thankfully, she didn't cry but it seemed as if every time she changed the radio station, another emotional song came on. When Taylor Swift decided to join her with 'Everything Has Changed', she just cursed and turned it off.

She quickly badged herself into the hospital parking, making sure there were no cameras when she stuck out her left hand to do so. She should've just left the ring at home, it was ridiculous. Finally finding a close parking spot, she took the big envelope which contained the resigning papers and her purse along with her.

Keeping her eyes down and her left hand in her jeans pocket, she took the stairs towards her department. She knew today would be the last day she'd walk this route. For a moment she tried to remember the day she met Harry. She knew these were the exact same stairs she hurried herself upon more than a year ago. She was already running late then. Instead of a big rock on her finger, she had a massive bruised left eye and a hangover.

Pushing the same white doors, she entered the hallway. A few colleagues were surprised to see her, Evee was supposed to be on her annual leave, not here. She nodded and smiled at them. "Tracy, hi, do you know where I can find Janice?" The nurse asked the middle-aged brunette.

"Hi Evee! Stunned to see you here. She's in her office."

"Thanks." Not spotting Chloe anywhere, the blonde dragged her feet towards Janice's office, gently knocking on the door.

"Come in." She heard the red head speak from behind the door.

Gently pushing it open, she saw her head nurse sitting behind her usual desk. The same chair, in which Evee scolded Janice last year in when she told her she had to go to that polo match, was still placed in front of it. "Eveline! What a surprise!" The redhead immediately wore a frown and a slight smile on her face.

"Janice, sorry about coming by unannounced."

"It's fine, it's fine." She waved Evee's comment away with her hand. "Sit." The blonde immediately followed the older nurse's instructions. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

For a moment, Evee was a little lost for words. She was going to tell the nurse that she was engaged, meaning that she couldn't come to work anymore and had to resign. Resign on a place that was already understaffed. A little frightened that Janice might not take this well, she carefully placed her left hand on the desk.

Janice eyes immediately adverted towards the big shiny rock on Evee's left ring finger. "Is that-" She couldn't even say it. The last person she thought to ever get engaged in her team was Evee. Janice never thought she would be the one settling down so quickly. She knew the blonde was good with kids, remarkable even, but Janice always thought that was because Eveline was still very much a kid herself. She had always seen her as the rebelled, young one in the family. Because in some sort of way, the team was family.

They had to treat each other like family to survive in this working area.

"Harry has asked me to marry him in Africa and I said yes." She tried to speak in one fluent sentence, hoping she didn't stumble upon her words. Eveline had always respected Janice, she had always looked up to her as a second mother at work.

The head nurse her mouth opened in an O as she still stared at the beautiful rock on her employee's finger. "Oh, wow- I don't- I'm a little loss for words. Wow."

"It's fin-" Evee tried to understand but was interrupted by Janice.

"No, no, congratulations. Jezus, Eveline. I can't believe it." The blonde had never seen her head nurse in this state. She was always the calm and collected one. Even a little cold at times.