Leonard got to the hospital late at night, but even the night shift seemed a lot busier than he had anticipated. I found his way through the crowd of people and got to the hallway that led to his daughter’s private ward.‘God, I hate hospitals,’ he thought to himself and creased his nose before heading into her ward. It was already past eleven at night, and he wasn’t expecting a child to be up, but Ava was not your average child, he knew that there was every possibility that she had tried to stay awake, waiting for him, but when he opened the door as gently as possible, he was surprised to see her cuddling her teddy bear, deep in sleep. Leonard smiled and walked into the hospital ward and dropped his bag, loosened his tie and sat down in the chair close to the door. There was another chair in the ward, next to the bed, but Emma was seated in it, with one of Ava’s story books in her hands as she slept.‘Even Emma is more of a mother to our own daughter than you Sophie,’ he thought to
Leonard and Emma stepped out of the vehicle at almost exactly the same time, both of them feeling equally exhausted from the journey and from the trip in general, the business trip was no small matter and it lasted three work days with the two of them being extremely busy for a larger portion of the days. The ride back had been a very strange and awkward one, not to mention as the two of them had different thoughts weighing down on their minds which highly prevented them from speaking and caused a great wave of awkwardness. Leonard was busy with thoughts about the company and about the deal he had made on the business trip, as well as thoughts about what to do concerning the sisters Emma and Sophie. He knew very well without the help of a fortune teller or a soothsayer that Sophie, his potential ex wife was not very pleased with the fact that he had taken her sister Emma on the trip instead of her, which was something that he considered highly illogical putting into consideration t
Estelle walks into Leonard's office with a rather gloomy expression on her face, written clearly as the result of the meeting they had before along with the follow up email. Leonard who was not entirely sure about what had happened and had not yet received the message was rather lost though and looked at her before he inquired, "what is it? ""You remember that contract that we hoped to secure the other day? " Estelle asked him and Leonard at once took a pause from what he was doing on his laptop and turned his attention to her unrivalled. "Which contract do you mean Estelle, what are you referring to? " Leonard asked solemnly, his expression saying everything that one needed to know about his state of mind at that moment, while he had made himself to stop thinking about Sophie and the little run in that he and Emma had with her not too long before, it did not stop him from feeling hurt and it did not rid him of the exhaustion that he already had most of the time in his back and in
Antonio entered the building and was on his way to his brother's office.He had news for Leonard and thought it might be good enough if he would agree on it.But, he didn't want to get his hopes up.He was the Antagonist of this story afterall.Antonio heard loud laughter and giggles just beyond his brother's office door and didn't know why his stomach twisted in a knot.He let himself in without knocking and a skeptical expression loomed over his face as he saw a Leonard and Estelle chatting away not aware of his presence in the room.“How lovely…” he muttered ironically to himself as he waltzed over to where they sat.But even at that, they still took no notice of his existence and it annoyed him to the very bone.He wasn't aware he was that unnecessary in their lives. He adjusted the suit he wore while clearing up his throat to grab their attention.“Well, it is quite a shame you lot have decided not to include me in your…friendly little chat. Always leaving me out of the fun, it a
Emma barged through the company doors feeling as excited and rejuvenated as she had ever been.It was her first day back at work!She took in the fresh smell of disinfectant from the freshly cleaned floor and the stacks of paper being carried around here and there and she was more than glad she had finally resumed.She looked around for a bit and couldn't wait to start getting back to work.Leonard was always someone she constantly thought about and wondered when she'd see him.As she stormed through like a bolt of electricity she stumbled upon the very person she had wanted to see almost walking past her but came to an indecisive halt.Leonard.And as breathtaking as he had ever been in his light blue crisp shirt and gray pants. She couldn't hold her excitement and beamed brightly at him.“Good morning sir!” She said looking up at him with her best smile.Leonard looked at the little bolt of energy that stood practically glowing before him, he tried desperately to stop the wide smile
Leonard had a really long day at work. He was sorting out a few documents in his office when Antonio barged in without a slightest announcement.Leonard's face grew into a frown the moment he saw Antonio in his office.He was really upset with him for repeating the same act over and over even after being warned severally.Antonio knew he was wrong by barging in. Apart from him realizing his mistake, he knew that barging in on people didn't speak well of him.Before Leonard could raise a voice of protest at him, he took it upon himself to apologize.“I'm really sorry for barging in. Trust me, I never meant to do that.”Leonard was taken aback for a moment. He was surprised by Antonio's words of apology, considering the fact that he had never admitted his wrong and apologized in the manner which he just did.Leonard heaved a deep sigh. He glared at Antonio with an icy demeanor.“So why are you here in my office?”“Let’s say I came to check up on you, my brother.” Antonio teased. He sat
At the time that leonard finally arrived at home, he met with Emma who seemed to have been waiting for him in a fidgety manner, as though something had gone wrong somewhere which caused him to be a bit concerned and his mind began to race as he thought through everything to try and figure it exactly what the problem could be, but he decided not to say anything regarding that or ask her any questions and instead just met with her at the door."Are you doing alright?" He asked her sincerely and pulled her into reality causing her to be stupefied and stunned for a brief moment.Her eyes shook lightly before she replied hurriedly, "yes yes I'm doing just fine," but despite this reply, her eyes seemed to dart about and avoid his eyes as she continued to think about something."Alright then what about Ava, is she alright, did anything happen while I was at work?" Leonard asked her again as he continued to wonder why she was still shaking, if nothing really happened then why was she so afrai
Leonard returns to work the next day. He realizes something unusual in his workplace.His employees were all staring at him in an oblivious manner. Their stares were strange and disturbing. He passed by expecting to get a greeting from them at least. But he was proven otherwise when they said no word of greeting to him.Leonard was moved to shock. He began to wonder what must have gone wrong with them all of a sudden. This is the first time they would see him and act like he never existed.Something was amiss. He knew it. But he ignores them nonetheless and marches on into his office. He was welcomed by Emma's presence as soon as he stepped into the office. He was startled a bit.“Hey! How did you get in here?” He searched his pockets and brought out the office keys.Emma probably had the spare keys with her. She smiled.“How about I say I wanted to give you a great surprise today? I took the spare key from your wallet.”Leonard was amused by what Emma had done. She certainly didn't