another back injury and was supposed to be lying back in a hospital bed.
Archer slowly wobbles towards me and stops.
“What do you want?” I ask him.
“I need to talk to you,” he says.
“I don’t think that we have anything to talk about.”
“I think that we have plenty to talk about.”
“What you think, and what I know, are clearly two different things.”
I hear someone clear their throat near me and I turn around to see Dr. Williams standing there with a frown on his face.
“I think you two should talk in one of the nurses’ lounges. You will have plenty of privacy in there.”
“Thank you,” says Archer.
I roll my eyes and lead him to the nurses’ lounge.
I can feel a lot of eyes on us but I try to ignore them because this situation was already awkward enough without having to deal with every nurse in the hospital in my business. I hold open the door to the nurses’ lounge for Archer and then close it and lock it behind him.
“So why are you here?” I ask him.
“The question is, why are you here? I hired you to work for me for two weeks,” he says as he takes a seat awkwardly in one of the chairs.
“I would figure you could see that I quit when I took my stuff out and didn’t come back to your penthouse. Why didn’t your friends come and save you from falling down the stairs?”
“Because they weren’t there. I asked them to leave not long after you walked out on me. And… and then I was lonely again.”
“So you started drinking again?”
His eyes fall to the fall, “I know and understand why you left my penthouse.”
“Do you really?” I ask him with a raised brow.
He sighs. “Yes. I realize that I was a jerk when Jessica and Brittany came over, but when I’m around my friends, I’m so used to acting a certain type of way that I think nothing of it.”
“That’s no excuse for the way you acted.”
“I’m sorry.”
I look at him and don’t say anything.
“Being with you, I was able to be myself. I’ve never felt so open and comfortable than when I was talking to you about my issues. That was real. I wasn’t faking it. I was genuinely opening up to you like I’ve never done with anyone before.”
“Okay… but you threw it all away. I don’t know if I can get over that situation, Archer. I opened up to you to in ways that I’ve never opened up with anybody and then you just shunned me. I felt so torn. I felt so used that I couldn’t even stand to be around you. I can barely look at you now.”
“I’m standing here as a man telling you that I was wrong. Please forgive me. I’m sorry,” he pleads, “I will do whatever it takes to get into your good graces again. Please let me prove to you that I’m a changed man. I will do whatever it takes.”
I stare at him and I can see that he seems genuine but I really don’t know if I want to walk that road with him again.
He really did hurt me.
“Look, Archer, I just don’t know.”
“Please.”
“I don’t know…”
“I’ve never once cared about what a woman said before I met you. From the moment that I opened my eyes in the hospital room, I knew that I wanted nothing more than to be around you all the time. Let me take you out on a date and prove to you that I can be the man for you.”
“If I do this and it’s pretty big if… you have to give up your drinking and go to AA meetings. Addiction is a serious problem and you will need all the help that you need to kick the problem. I will not date a drunk.”
His eyes fall to the floor again, “I will stop drinking. I will do anything that you ask. Now will you please go out on a date with me?”
“You can’t take me anywhere. I’ve read your file - you’re not even allowed to leave the hospital for the next two weeks.”
“Then please be patient. Let me take you out the day I leave this place.”
“Where would you take me?”
“To one of my favorite places.”
Chapter
Archer slowly wobbles towards me and stops.
“What do you want?” I ask him.
“I need to talk to you,” he says.
“I don’t think that we have anything to talk about.”
“I think that we have plenty to talk about.”
“What you think, and what I know, are clearly two different things.”
I hear someone clear their throat near me and I turn around to see Dr. Williams standing there with a frown on his face.
“I think you two should talk in one of the nurses’ lounges. You will have plenty of privacy in there.”
“Thank you,” says Archer.
I roll my eyes and lead him to the nurses’ lounge.
I can feel a lot of eyes on us but I try to ignore them because this situation was already awkward enough without having to deal with every nurse in the hospital in my business. I hold open the door to the nurses’ lounge for Archer and then close it and lock it behind him.
“So why are you here?” I ask him.
“The question is, why are you here? I hired you to work for me for two weeks,” he says as he takes a seat awkwardly in one of the chairs.
“I would figure you could see that I quit when I took my stuff out and didn’t come back to your penthouse. Why didn’t your friends come and save you from falling down the stairs?”
“Because they weren’t there. I asked them to leave not long after you walked out on me. And… and then I was lonely again.”
“So you started drinking again?”
His eyes fall to the fall, “I know and understand why you left my penthouse.”
“Do you really?” I ask him with a raised brow.
He sighs. “Yes. I realize that I was a jerk when Jessica and Brittany came over, but when I’m around my friends, I’m so used to acting a certain type of way that I think nothing of it.”
“That’s no excuse for the way you acted.”
“I’m sorry.”
I look at him and don’t say anything.
“Being with you, I was able to be myself. I’ve never felt so open and comfortable than when I was talking to you about my issues. That was real. I wasn’t faking it. I was genuinely opening up to you like I’ve never done with anyone before.”
“Okay… but you threw it all away. I don’t know if I can get over that situation, Archer. I opened up to you to in ways that I’ve never opened up with anybody and then you just shunned me. I felt so torn. I felt so used that I couldn’t even stand to be around you. I can barely look at you now.”
“I’m standing here as a man telling you that I was wrong. Please forgive me. I’m sorry,” he pleads, “I will do whatever it takes to get into your good graces again. Please let me prove to you that I’m a changed man. I will do whatever it takes.”
I stare at him and I can see that he seems genuine but I really don’t know if I want to walk that road with him again.
He really did hurt me.
“Look, Archer, I just don’t know.”
“Please.”
“I don’t know…”
“I’ve never once cared about what a woman said before I met you. From the moment that I opened my eyes in the hospital room, I knew that I wanted nothing more than to be around you all the time. Let me take you out on a date and prove to you that I can be the man for you.”
“If I do this and it’s pretty big if… you have to give up your drinking and go to AA meetings. Addiction is a serious problem and you will need all the help that you need to kick the problem. I will not date a drunk.”
His eyes fall to the floor again, “I will stop drinking. I will do anything that you ask. Now will you please go out on a date with me?”
“You can’t take me anywhere. I’ve read your file - you’re not even allowed to leave the hospital for the next two weeks.”
“Then please be patient. Let me take you out the day I leave this place.”
“Where would you take me?”
“To one of my favorite places.”
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