A Last Letter for my Stargazer

my hospital too, along with his wife, Tess. They w

us," he joked. "You've been out for three days now. I alm

say stuff like that around the kids' uncle. Bes

e. The bullet missed his heart by a f

I saved snickering. It seemed li

he crap out of you," I countered. "Besides, we h

it's a bit awkward to introduce myself with people here, but I'm Clai

vy hair perfectly accentuated her rosy cheeks. This moment felt like one of those scenes in a movie,

r to me and uttered, "This is th

d, "Anyone else would've done the same t

caught my reaction, so she took the opportunity to step in. "Claire, do you min

she knew when I was starting to feel awkward. I thanked my lucky stars every day that m

t to my bedside and asked, "I was pretty scared for you, man, but I knew you'd make it. Without you

would be done for. "Those vultures probably celebrated prematurely. I'm no

"Sounds like

t we gonna talk about how you literally

't sure why I would even risk my life like that. "I was just out for a w

happened. "I haven't got the slightest clue why

our body between her and her attackers just so you can throw your body a

ered. "I didn't th

lans to get with h

and let me die i

uite a good timing at that, because Tess and

re and I got to talking at the cafeteria, and she said that

und like I don't have friends at all!" she blurted out. "It's j

ning her gaze towards me. "Anyway, the doctor said that he can clear you in a couple

ggestion. He wasn't showing that he was about to burst from la

y with you, I'd like a tour of the city. Tess did say th

turned beet red. "And... I wanted to proper

e bed and saw Ryan with a devilish grin

and I'll meet you at the main street. It's a bit crowded there during

er kid, Lianne asked, "Are

spot that I almost got up to leave the room. And in all honesty, if my hand wasn't str

mered, unable to formul

he was eye level with the kid, and said, "Your uncle is just goi

n, "Are you going

e you looking at me for?" I asked back. After a paus

date!" Lian

and their other kid, Lance, out of the r

e sure he eats his lunch, okay?" When she was at the door, she added, "Don't rile him

ue, but I would never hit my best friend. He'd been with me for as long as I'd bee

e was a professor at International Academy of Marina. IAM was one of the best schools in the city, if not the best. Enrolling ev

must be a highly skilled professor and academic. The school on

ar activities that locals and foreign settlers, who could afford to pay

ard that I still hadn't woken up, so that we could play a prank on those assholes. It could potentially put my posi

gone. To be honest, being around her felt like being next to an old friend. It was an inexplic

going to meet on Saturda

AM sound?"

rly, isn't it?" she cou

head and asked back, "You

you've already planned an ent

se up at night, and there's a lot more people later in the day," I reasoned. "Be

stinctively hit my shoulder, causing me to grimac

cond of silence, she muttered something that I could b

d her, "What

nd pretended like she was getting a phone call. "Anyway,

use, Claire. You didn't really