"I''m really sorry. Please tell me you''re gonna get over what I said. I will make it up to you," Kevin said as he walked up to Leena. He pinched her red face, his eyes full of affection.


    "Never mind," Leena grumbled, pursing her lips. She shook off his hand and continued tidying up the room.


    "Have you eaten your breakfast?" Kevin asked her. He noticed when he hade back, the breakfast on the dining table was still set, just as it had been before. Naturally, he was worried. Leena had suffered quite a shockst night.


    "Not yet. I''ll eat soon and then go to the hospital to check on Patricia''s situation," Leena said, unperturbed. Kevin heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Leena did not forget about what had happened to Patricia.


    "I thought you forgot Patricia''s ident!" Kevin eximed, looking at her with amazement. She looked so calm this morning. He thought she would not be able to stand the blow of Patricia''s ident and forgot everything. He too began to help her do the room. Leena seemed veryposed.


    "Come on. Patricia is one of my best friends. How could I even forget about her? I''vee around to the idea that however sad and dejected I am, she won''t get better anytime soon. So why should I be so hard on myself? I have to cheer up." Leena gave Kevin a bitter smile. She had now be more mature than she used to be.


    "I''m d you see it that way. You know, you really scared mest night." Leena had crumbled under the shocking news of Patricia''s situation. It had startled Kevin. Luckily, Leena seemed to have made her peace with it. Otherwise


    afford to stay in the ICU. The expenses incurred were high. Patricia had already been in the ICU for about a week. The cost of it was equivalent to what ordinary families earned throughout a year.


    "Tom, may I ask you a question?" Leena turned to look at him, wondering why he hadn''t fallen for a beautiful and sincere woman like Patricia.


    "Of course." Tom cast a final nce at Patricia before leaving the room with Leena. On the way to his office, he looked at Leena, still waiting for her question.


    "You really don''t like Patricia?" Leena fixed her eyes upon his face, not willing to miss a single expression on it. She didn''t want him to hide how he felt.


    "You know I hate being forced to do anything," Tom said with a frown. He didn''t dislike Patricia. She was beautiful, funny and too clever by far. He just hated the way she approached him and how she pushed him to ept her.


    "So, you dislike how forward she is about her feelings?" Leena asked him again. If so, it would be hard for Tom to say yes to being in a rtionship with Patricia.