I'm really sorry for the wait guys. I've been revising for Mock exams. So this is a really short filler chapter, basically just Luc explaining. I hope you like it anyway. And either Friday night or Saturday I will be posting the next chapter. This will be a lot longer and a lot better. I promise. I'm really sorry guys! Hope you like this anyway. Please Review! Will make me update faster...
"Well..." Luc said starting at the beginning. "I'm might as well tell you everything. As you know I didn't really have a great childhood. Umm...I never knew my father and my mother, she was bipolar and an addict. I spent my whole life in an out of hospitals with her, which is kind of why I became a doctor. The only real role models I had were my mum's druggy boyfriends, only a couple of them actually used to beat me though. As soon as I could I escaped from her, trained as a doctor and well she died when I was in University. I hadn't spoken to her for 2 years when she died, and all I felt was sadness and relief. Which is terrible but I don't feel guilt anymore, not after what she put me through."
"So when I grew up, I travelled a lot, could never settle in one place. My mum used to drag me all over the country; I think that's why I can't stay in places for long. Then I signed up for the army, thought I could help. I was a medic and well I served with the British Army in the Sierra Leone civil war. The things I saw, I...I can't even start too tell you. Horrific things happened there. Um when I was there, well I was having a relationship with this woman, Elise. No one knew as it was against the rules. We were going to get married..." Luc told her, his voice starting to crack.
"What happened to her?" Eddi asked quietly, taking Luc's hand.
"She died, I killed her. It was my fault! I should have saved her... Umm well she went on a patrol one night, she wasn't even meant to go but she volunteered to help, she always wanted to help! She got shot in the stomach while she was on patrol. They um they brought here in and I'd been drinking. They wouldn't let me operate; they wouldn't let me save her... It turned out she had a rare blood disorder, he blood didn't clot properly. So she bled out and died on the table and it was my fault," Luc explained, tears now running down his face.
"Hey, listen to me. It wasn't your fault, don't blame yourself. I'm sure she wouldn't want that." Eddi told him, leaning in too wrap her arms around him.
Luc nodded and wrapped his arms around Eddi, pulling her close. He buried his head in her neck and inhaled her, the smell so comforting. He'd told her. Now she knew Luc felt like there was no longer anything between the two of them, now hopefully their relationship would work out a lot better than last time.
Eddi held Luc for ages, whispering comforting things too him. As the soon set over Kerala Eddi sat and tried to reassure Luc. He looked so broken, crying in her arms. Eddi made a silent promise then that she would fix him. She would make Luc happy again.