How It Made Me!

chapter 8

The proposal

It's been two weeks since Afram has been in the hospital. We grew fond of each other like we have been friends before. Each day after my shift , I spend like an hour with him , we eat, talk and sometimes watch movies. Afram is always happy to have me around. He has healed and his discharge would be in two days time but I didn't inform him.
    Susan is not comfortable with our closeness, but as his doctor she has no choice. I was off duty on a day to his discharge. As usual, we were discussing when two men came to visit him. One was dressed in suit while the other was in an African attire . The one with the African attire look older , about 50 years old I guessed. He introduced himself as Mr Ayo , while the other as his PA named Brody. Mr Ayo  came closer to the bed and sat beside Afram, he was looking at him closely . His expression was unreadable.
" I heard about the incident, I never knew it was this serious. I am sorry for coming late. "  He said.
" Thank you Sir, but I can't recall your face" Afram replied looking confused.
He smiled and shifted his gaze to me " is she your girlfriend? ". The question took both of us by surprised. I don't know the state of our interaction, even though I secretly like Afram .
Afram laughed to hide his bashfulness. " she is my doctor. Her name is Naina. Naina Bilal " he said enthusiastically.
" its nice meeting you. Thank you for taking care of him . we will be going now. Till next time . " he smiled and left the room.
     " He seems nice " I said while looking at confused Afram.
" yeah , but I can't recall ever meeting him. If not that my mum is a ' paranoid lord' I would have asked her " he said with a deep sigh.
" you kinda look like him" I uttered
" what! He is African young lady" he yelled looking disgusted.
" so ? They cute. Believe me. " I said laughing at his weird expression.
" who cares " was his response.

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After four months of friendship , Afram requested to see my parents. I was surprised even though he refused to tell me his reasons. I introduced him to my dad and they fixed on meeting again.
On Saturdays I love sleeping if I have no shifts. This Saturday was not different. I slept till 10 am. On going downstairs for breakfasts, I was surprised to see Afram with my family at the dinning table.
" Good morning " I said as I sat beside my mum.
" morning " they all answered with a chorus . I knew something was wrong but I was looking for clue.
Suddenly Afram left his seat to kneel close to me holding a ring.
" would you marry me? Since the first time I saw you , I have always hoped on having you as my wife. I don't know how but I guess destiny seems to favour me" he said smiling. I was speechless. Am I dreaming or he is really proposing? I have been praying for this for a while now.
" answer the poor guy sweet heart. Don't let him kneel for too long" my mum said.
  " yes, I will." I answered him with tears rolling down my cheeks.
" thank you for making my dream a reality " he said holding his tears back. He kissed me on the forehead after putting the ring on my finger.
We all discussed and he left after lunch to inform his mother. I pray she won't over react . I am going to talk to Teema for long , she will be so happy.

I sincerely apologize guys. I have been busy lately , that's why I couldn't update earlier. I hope I didn't disappoint you . Thanks for the votes and comments. I really appreciate. Take care and lots of love from Dina.