Through the night, Lena stayed with Gary. She watched as the nurses come by every hour to check up on him. Tye told Lena that they will remove the ventilator the next morning to make sure he was going to be fine throughout the night.
Lena worked on new designs for SHYNE. She ate her dinner and read Gary a goodnight story before going to her room. She only brought one pair of clothing. She did not prepare for staying for a few days. Luckily, most of the nurses were female so they gave Lena some of their clothes. Lena was not picky.
She made sure to sleep not too late and get enough sleep. She knew that she had to keep herself healthy too. Tye does not need two useless patients. It was 8 a.m. when Lena woke up. She took a quick shower, got dressed, and went up to see Gary. She saw that there was a nurse in there already.
"Am I disturbing?" Lena asked.
"No. I am just was.h.i.+ng Mr. Chen."
Lena stood by the door still. "Was.h.i.+ng…"
"Um… Do you want to help?" The nurse asked. "We just wash his upper body and legs. We do that every morning. He gets a full body wash whenever Dr. Tye is available."
"Ok." Lena walked in. Since it was not anything drastic, she wanted to help. The nurse gave Lena a towel and another warm bucket of water.
She demonstrates a quick wash on Gary"s arm. Lena could see that Gary"s s.h.i.+rt was already opened. It was not his bare skin that caught her eyes but the bullet wound on his chest. She could see that it had healed like hers.
The nurse saw that Lena was looking at the wound. "The wound is mostly closed now. You can clean them too but just be extra gentle. You can start on that side and I will do this side."
Lena nodded. She dipped her towel into the warm water and squeezed the water out. She gently wiped Gary"s right arm, his chest, and right leg. Lena followed carefully what the nurse was doing. After that, the nurse washed Gary"s back. When they were both done, the nurse left Lena in the room.
Lena went and wash her hand in the restroom attached to Gary"s room. She went back to the room and opened the curtains. She slid the windows a bit to let some fresh air into the room.
After breakfast, Tye came in and removed Gary from the ventilator. Gary was perfectly able to breathe by himself. Tye checked the function of his other organs and his brain activity. Good results still.
She repeated her day just like yesterday. She worked for a few hours, read to Gary, and ate when needed. It has just been over 24 hours and Lena was already kind of bored. She was talking to no one except Gary, who does not respond to anything.
The next day, Lena woke up later than usual. By the time she went to see Gary, Tye had already given Gary a full body wash. Lena was curious to see how Tye was. The way he talks about "bathing" and how he was when he was actually a doctor was different. Lena trusted that Tye was a wonderful doctor.
Today, Lena wore a turquoise plain tank top s.h.i.+rt and black long leggings. It was something that one of the nurses who was most similar to Lena"s size gave her. Today, Lena did her morning stretch and sang to Gary. Although she does not have the best vocals, it was something fun to do. She did not care if she was going to break all the windows in this mansion.
"Phew." Lena took a deep breath. She went and sat on the chair next to the bed. She sulked on the bed and gently poked Gary. "Are you going to wake up yet? I am bored. Should I keep singing?"
"If you want him to never wake up, go ahead." A rough voice spoke.
Lena turned around and saw Kris standing on the door. She blinked and rubbed her eyes just to make sure she was not seeing a ghost. "When did you get here?"
"Since the first song..."
"Ah? That long?" Lena sang 10 songs... He stood by the door for over half an hour?!
Kris walked over and look at Gary. "Heard he was going to wake up soon?"
"Yeah." Lena smiled at Gary. Kris can tell that Lena really cared for Gary. She looked back at Kris. "Why are you here?"
"I was free."
Collin who was also in the room wanted to drop dead on the floor. FREE?! Like h.e.l.l Kris" schedule was free! The man did not do any work for the last two days and then suddenly said he needed a vacation. And his vacation was here... What kind of vacation is this? Collin rescheduled all their meetings and pushed it to next week. The only thing completed was the plan on what to do with their bid for the Agato Land.
Kris thought that kicking out Lena to come here, he could have some peace to think and work without hearing her name for a few days. But his plan backfired when he was still having the same dreams. And each time, it seems to be getting worse, but he always wakes up before anything goes further. He should ask Tye for stronger medicine, the current ones are not working.
Kris looked at Lena and she was wearing something different today. Her hair was tied up from her stretches and singing. The clothes she was wearing, Kris could see clearly her body shape, the way the clothes tightly grip to her body.
He swallowed and turned his face away from her. "Have you eaten yet? My mom packed some food."
"For me?" Lena"s eye lit up from the word food.
"No. It was for Tye, but she made many meat dishes. Tye"s a vegetarian."
Lena clapped her hands together and smiled. "Ah... Meat!"
She had been eating so many healthy foods for the last two days. Being the good guest she was, she did not complain. "You are my savior! I was going to faint if I went on another day without good food."