Chapter 117 - Heart stopped beating (1/2)

For the next two days, Lena's morning consisted of washing Gary then spending a good hour wrestling and rolling on the floor with Kris. Before that, Lena would go spend the rest of the day with Gary, but Kris has been dragging her to go work out with him too. He kept saying that she was too weak and she needed to build her upper body strength. Tye also agreed that it would be a good thing for Lena.

Kris was a less aggressive physical trainer than James, so that was one good thing. While Kris continued to nag Lena about her workout performance, James and Keso had a good time killing each other for practice. They went out to the forest for a shooting game.

They would all train until lunch and after eating, Lena sat down with Kris and Collin to go over their next agendas. Lena complained about why she needed to sit down in the meeting when nothing relating to the meeting was affecting her. Kris insisted that it was good for her to listen in and give them any comments if needed. He made a comment that her gut feelings may be useful.

Half of the time, Lena did not even know what they were talking about. Guns… tigers and bears. It was like Kris and Collin were talking in code the whole time.

It was Sunday the next day. Lena would have been here for almost a week now. She would be going home on Tuesday.

Like any other day, Lena woke up early so she can wash Gary. The nurse was already in the room. It was a different nurse each time. The rotate the duties so all of them have the knowledge to care for Gary. There was already a warm bucket and a dry towel on the left side of the bed. However, what was new today was that Kris was also in the room. He was standing near the windows.

”Why are you here?” Lena asked Kris as she walked and wet the towel.

”Just curious to why you enjoy doing this every morning but whine about any other thing throughout the day.”

”This is not ENJOYING… this is called caring.” Lena stretched her arm out and held the towel to Kris. ”Do you want to try?”

”I might break all of his bones if I do.”

Lena looked at the nurse and the nurse just smiled back at her. Lena shrugged and went back to finishing up her side of the washing. Lena was slightly humming as she did her washing, making sure to gently rub the cloth over the wounds. She has been humming lately because no one likes her singing. Gary's wounds have not healed as much as Lena's wound. The recent heavy workout also helped Lena's body feel more healthy and stronger.

”Since we're done here. I'll be leaving first.” The nurse spoke. She grabbed the water buckets to go and dump them in the bathroom.

However, as she was walking, she tripped on one of the legs of a chair. There was an empty chair pushed aside to the window, where Kris was standing. Kris saw her fall but he reacted by moving further away from her. She dropped the bucket of water on her right arm and with her own instinct, grabbed onto Kris' arm, who was trying to back away.

She held tight to Kris' arm for support and that helped her fall down slowly. Kris stumbled a bit down as the nurse fell to her knees. The water bucket plopped onto the hardwood floor, pouring out its content.