Corazon culpa

Chapter 7

"Who among you is sick ?."

I immediately referred Luca. He himself pointed me back. What the fuck is Luca ? He should have been self-conscious.

Doctor Rafael confirmed his glasses. Now, he knows which one is sick. First, on the top row, he wrote my name and on the second line was written Luca's name. Very good, I feel sick like twins with him.

The doctor's hand pointed to the check bed. Luca pulled me up. Slowly, he led me to the check bed. Then, help me lay down my body in bed.

Before he went to sit in front of the doctor's desk, his hand grabbed me. Codes of attention from him so that I don't get nervous are very ineffective. I was still nervous and screaming as soon as the doctor's stethoscope stuck to my chest.

"It's okay, Miss. I'm just checking." Doctor Rafael prevented Luca. The man who still had no voice dragged the doctor's attention to my bandaged leg.

What the fuck'an Luca. Why did he call the doctor to the bandaged wound ? I'll be injected, right ?.

Doctor Rafael nodded in understanding. There is no need to wear a stethoscope for such a wound. Internal medicine specialists who have worked in the hospital for many years know how to change the bandage and sew a little on the injured part of my leg.

About ten minutes, the doctor worked on my wound. My feet are more than ever. I was given a walking stick by Dr. Rafael so I didn't like banging the bandaged soles of my feet on the floor.

For a time, I was banned from ballet dancing, jogging or any other activity involving long and intensive travel. The goal is to prevent my leg muscles from changing and wobbling during treatment.

After I checked, it was Luca's turn to check. I don't want to be sick alone if he doesn't want to check either.

Doctor Rafael is suspicious of Luca. When examined, the man made no sound.

"Miss, is he a sore throat?," the doctor asked me.

"No, doc. He's mute" I said.

The doctor looked at Luca's face. His fingers touched his neck and he found no symptoms of numbness such as lumps or golden neck muscles that his mute patients usually suffer from.

To be sure, the doctor told Luca to open his mouth. The flashlight saw that Luca's vocal cords were swollen. Like having a hard object hit his throat.

"Your friend is not mute, miss. Her vocal cords are at rest."

Luca woke up from a runjanh check. The more cheerful-faced man rushed over to the doctor and sat down beside me.

"I recommend that Luca do vocal cord therapy immediately. In the meantime, I'll prescribe medicine. Drink regularly and come 3 more days." Doctor Rafael ripped off the prescription he wrote while talking to us.

Luca took some money from his wallet. Just left a few bills for dinner till tomorrow.

He thinks he's gonna take a job at Lex's engagement and his manager.

Finished taking the prescription and the doctor received the money, we both walked out. The doctor who was aware of our sudden departure called us back for a vitamin injection, specifically for me.

The syringe is gently tapped with his finger, the doctor wants to make sure there is no fluid on the sides. I saw a sharp, flat needle piercing my arm. My hand pulled on Luca's jacket sleeve and he just saw me withstanding the pain.

...***...

Leonif came to step on his big house. The tall, thin old man who concluded his sweater arm in front of his chest and under his neck waved firmly at Frank and Rosa.

"What brings you here?" asked Frank.

Rosa was pouring red roselle tea into three empty cups in turn. He placed the teapot slowly on the table, then, he sat down beside her husband looking at Leonif suspiciously.

"Frank?," said Rosa to Leonif, who enjoyed the roselle tea.

"I'm amazed your tea looks like our mother's tea" Leonif said.

"Don't convolve, tell me what you mean here." Frank repeated the question.

"With full of guilt, I want to apologize for my treatment years ago to you. Really, I'm so sorry and I want to fix it."

"What ?." Rosa cleaned her dirty ears. He couldn't believe Leonif was saying an apology.

"I want Luca to call me Dad. I want him home."

Rosa and Frank sipped on a sugarless red roselle tea. They ate a blueberry jam sandwich of up to two pieces to try to believe that Luca would return to his biological father. Then, they would become a miserable old couple.

...***...

After the hospital, Luca and I got Diego. My boyfriend looks at me hating. On purpose, she took me away from Luca's side and took him into her car.

"Ego, are we ?."

"home."

Diego immediately gasped his car. The white sedan car that gave me a ride speeded away from the hospital.

The car was so far away that I thought about how Luca was doing there. Is he okay ? The metron card's in my bag. There's no way he'll be riding in public transport. Maybe he was walking back to his apartment.

After I had gone far, Luca was planning to take public transportation or walk. There's no point if he takes a cab that would starve him tomorrow morning.

In order to maintain his bribe tomorrow morning, the man is forced to accept a ride from Leonif. Observers of the national ballerina competition in Stockholm took him away under the pretext of wanting to talk about work.

Luckily, Luca said.

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