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The click of a mouse pierced the short silence in the room.
“Oh, I was wrong,” Jessica said calmly, “It’s him.”
The two friends turned to each other and screamed in excitement.
Chapter 37: Where Is It?
The next day, Lukewas sleeping when Hallie came by the hospital.She sat for a while in a comfortable arm chair in the corner of the room, waiting.
Finally, after about an hour, he stirred on the bed.Although his eyes were open, he seemed so tired and miserable that Hallie didn’t have the heart to bring up the whole royal prince thing.
He smiled a little when he saw her.“Thanks...”he mumbled, “for bringing my hat...”
Hallie came closer and sat down on the side of the bed.She hadn’t brought a hat, but then she remembered the first time they met, when he was just as out of it and he had demanded his cowboy hat, which she gave him.She snickered, while Luke closed his eyes and fell asleep again.
Spending evenings with Jessica was such a great change of pace that Hallie decided to stay on a few more days.She was not so worried about Luke since he was out of the danger zone, and she came back to see him two days later.
She found him sitting up in bed, reading a book.
“Feeling better?”
“Yeah, I’m getting discharged tomorrow.”
“Really?You had quite a fall, I thought you would be kept here longer.How did you manage to get a concussionanda broken rib?”
Luke frowned in confusion, rubbing his face.“I don’t know.That horse might have trampled me.I can barely remember what really happened.”
“I brought you some croissants,” she said with a small smile, placing the container on his bedside stand.“It was the closest thing to xuixos I could find.”
“Thanks,” Luke said, though he didn’t seemed very cheered.“You don’t have to do this.”
“What?”
“Visit me.It’s not like we’re really in a relationship.”
Hallie felt a little hurt by this, though she didn’t quite know why.Maybe it was because she had been so worried about him, but he was talking as if they were just strangers.
