"What?" Karen stared blankly at Hannah, not knowing how best to answer the question."I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you in any way." Hannah was quick to apologise in case she had taken things too far with her question."Its okay." Karen assured her, trying to act un affected by the question although it had played a major impact on her emotional well being and state of mind. "You can take your leave now, don't worry about anything.""Okay ma'am." Hannah stood to her feet. "Thank you for having this conversation with me." If there was anything, Hannah was truly grateful that Karen had specifically chosen to talk to her about it."Thank you for listening." Karen said.Hannah widened her eyes when she was no longer looking at Karen. What had come over the frustrated woman she had met the other day?When Karen was done with her activities for the day, she packed up and lef

"I am so sorry, that just came out. I don't know what I was thinking." Cole sighed, pulling away from her, sitting up and scratching the back of his head. He ran his fingers through his hair in this attempt and messed them up. He wasn't lying. It was not planned and there was no taking it back at the moment and so he could only hope that she understood his point of view."It's fine." Karen sat up as well, chuckled and brushed his hair back into one piece. "I think I have a solution to this problem." She teased him. That did a lot with calming him down. He read the ease in her tone and realized she hadn't taken his confession wrongly. Was it even a confession? He wondered."W..what are you talking about?" He squinted his eyes at her. He was curious to know, especially now that she wasn't biting his head off."I'm just trying my best to be thoughtful you know." She put on a smirk and knelt on the bed, drawing closer to him.

"W..what?" Karen stuttered, staring blankly at Cole. She thought she must have heard him wrong and wondered if he knew what he was doing or saying. Cole raised one eyebrow at her and when she remained silent for a long time, he began to laugh at her facial expression. "I was just messing with you. You should have seen your face." He teased her. 

Barely anyone paid attention to their presence for a second when they got inside but a few heads turned their way. Karen calmed down in that stance,realizing that people didn’t really know so much about her like she thought and that made her feel relieved, a bit comfortable to be here again.She wondered where his mother could be, or what she was doing. Karen didn’t think she would have to bunp into her anytine soon because she was the expectant grandmother and should be busy with handling other activities at the nmoment.Karen was brought out of scrutiny when her phone began to ring in her purse. Cole had been paying attention to what she possibly felt like and so he was curious to know what phone call she was receiving.“Who's that?” He asked her while she unzipped her bag. She brought the phone out and put it up to her face.“My mom.” She answered him, sounding surpri

Cole decided not to ask her anything about the topic, knowing it would only lead to more uncomfortable moments. The drive to the hospital in silence for the rest of the journey.Getting there, the calm breeze that hit Karen's skin made her feel a sense of refreshment.Cole noticed but only smiled in response, holding her hand and taking her into the building with him after he had secured the car locked in a good parking space.When they walked into the hospital, the first thing Karen felt was an instant hit of sadness.She looked around at the people that filled every corner of the room and couldn't help her expression."What's wrong?" Cole asked again,noticing how far she looked."It's nothing." She lied and craned her head in different directions, silently following him to the woman at the reception counter."Is there anything I can do for you?" She aske