THE REAL ILLUSORY

Chapter 8

It was raining cats and dogs when Nicole drove into her garage. Her eyes were teary because she had being crying ever since she left the hospital. Nicole always had the habit of carry her wipes in her handbag wherever she went. So she reached for it and wiped her face so she could look a little bit better. "Okay that's better" she said to herself as she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
    "Babe are you home?" She asked. When she didn't get a reply she asked again but more loudly "Babe are you home?!"

"Yes I am" Mark replied. Mark is an American engineer who Nicole met after her graduation from Med School and she had been in love with him ever since. After falling in love with each other, they both decided to move in together in a three bedroom duplex they got in California hoping to start a family one day.

"What are you wearing?" Nicole asked while she laughed a little.

"It's agbada now" Mark replied.

"Oh my gosh don't say that"

"What? Agbada?" Mark asked.

"When you say it....I don't know, it sounds weird"

"Well it's not my fault I grew up here in America" he replied.

"Well that's true" Nicole said. She walked to him like a little child with her arms open asking for a hug from him. "Babe I need a hug.....I'm really tired".

"Oh really....come here teddy bear". Teddy bear has always been Marks nickname for Nicole because he would always say to her "You remind me of a teddy bear I had when I was a kid.....so cute and adorable".

   The walked to him and hugged him so tight. "Wow someone missed me" Mark said.
He noticed her teary eyes and asked "were you crying teddy?". She took a deep breath and said "Yeah I was......I cried a lot". Mark tried withdrawing himself from her as he asked

"what happened?"

"Nooooo......please don't stop with the hug.....I feel so much better" Nicole said.

"Okay teddy bear but at least tell me what happened" Mark replied.

"Okay I'm not giving you the full details but I got suspended from work today"

"What?!....why?" Mark asked.

"Well according to Richards I need to take a break from work cause I'm stressed"

"He suspended you cause you were stressed, I'm calling Richards" Mark said angrily.

"Babe can you not do that please........you already gave me the connection for the job and that's enough I can handle the rest......I know he's your friend and you can speak with him whenever you want but he's still my boss. And you know what?... I think he's right......I passed out during surgery"

"Why didn't you start with that?......are you okay?........why did you pass out?"

"Stress I guess" she replied. Mark held her face up with both hands and gave her a kiss on the lips......feel better?" He asked.

"No not really.......I need one of those again" she said. Mark kissed her a couple of times again and said "okay you need to rest.......So go take a shower and after that make sure you sleep".

"Okay babe.......wait did you eat anything when you got back from work?........Not yet but don't worry I'll prepare dinner" Michael said looking really confident.

"Mark you don't cook.....how would you prepare dinner?" asked Nicole who couldn't control he sntwar laughter.

"Don't worry you'll see" Mark replied.

"Okay ooo" Nicole replied.

"Damn you sound sexy when you speak like a Nigerian".

"Oh really...." Nicole said as she kissed him again.