Chapter 3 You Are As Stubborn As Your Mother

When Louise arrived at the hospital and entered her grandmother's room, she was welcomed with a beautiful smile.

Nani was on her bed crocheting and reading through some food recipes.

"Hi grandma, how have you been feeling? Any better?"

"Hello my little one. Yes, I am feeling better," said the lady with a loving expression in her eyes.

"Good to hear that, grandma. Look, I brought some clothes and books for you, and I also have good news."

"Thanks, you can leave them here. Now tell me more about this good news."

"I got a job and now I can buy your medicine and help you with the expenses."

Grandma Nani had been in hospital for two weeks dealing with high blood pressure issues, asthmatic bronchitis and to make things even worse, kidney failure. She needed to be kept under full observation by the doctor, as her condition was not very good. Although she was aware of it, she did not want to worry Louise. She knew that her granddaughter cared for her a lot, as she was Louise's only family left.

"I'm very happy for you my dear, but I don't want you to sacrifice yourself for me. Think about yourself first. I am aware you already know how to take care of yourself and you had to learn this the hard way, because I haven't been well enough to care for you. But still, I want you to focus on your studies and find a good husband to marry and be happy."

"Don't say that, Grandma. You're not a burden at all. I love you very much and I'm pleased to see you happy."

"I'm glad to hear that, but I still think you should have lived with your Uncle Andrew in California. You'd have access to good education there, and you'd be better off."

"Grandma that is enough. I won't leave you, and it's no use trying to convince me otherwise. I'll take care of you until the end. Isn't that what I have always promised you?" she said sternly. "There's no discussing this matter," she then added.

"Wow, you are as stubborn as your mother."

"And just as stubborn as yourself. Where do you think mom got it from?" "Haha."

The two spent a long time talking and laughing. Nani enjoyed as much time as possible with her granddaughter. After all, deep inside she knew that her health was worse than Louise imagined, but she never said anything because she didn't want to scare the girl.

It was getting late and Louise had to go home, though against her wishes, since the hospital had visitation hour rules.

She said goodbye to her grandmother and promised that she would visit her the following day.

The next day, as early as ever, there she was back at her job.

She was giving her best at work, right from the start she met Sinde, who proved to be a very nice girl.

Louise was very curious about her new crush, and as she was alone with Sinde, she decided to find out more about that man from her new colleague.

"Sinde, do you know who Jorge is?" Louise asked, pretending to be calm and casual.

"Who is this guy? I seemed to have heard people talking about him, but I have no idea who this person is." she pretended to be innocently curious.

Sinde looked at her with a surprised face and laughed hard.

"Jorge? If you're talking of the hot stuff, tall blond, green eyes, slim body god then the answer is of course I have heard of him. It's impossible not to know him, but why do you want to know about him?"

"No reason in particular. I think I just met someone who fit that description here the other day."

"Hot stuff, right?"

"Nah."

Louise blushed immediately.

"Well he is the..."

When Sinde was about to speak, she was interrupted by the voice of Mr. Williams, the person in charge of the cleaning department.

"What is that that I see? Are you two chit-chatting during work hours? Should I bring you girls some tea and snacks?"

The two girls were embarrassed and said, "No sir, we were just double checking a few things..."

"Is it true Sinde? You can start double checking tasks by working on these handrails. They are a mess! Just imagine what will happen if the boss passes by and sees this. He's at the company today, so don't get me in trouble. As for you, Louise, go clean the theater room. The artists will need to use it today. Yes. Down the corridor, turn left and it will be the last door. Keep that in mind and don't ever give me the talk that you don't know where to turn. You need to start learning where to go around here."

"Right on it, sir."

The two said goodbye and Louise went straight to the hallway, but when she turned left, she became a bit confused.

Because there were multiple hallways and multiple doors.

She walked over and started reading the signs on the doors.

Central Theater, Dance Theater, Orchestra Theater, Musical Theater... So many! … "I will start on this one."