Chapter 3: Going home
A/N: French is not a language that I am fluent in. So if I'm not grammatically correct with it please don't be harsh. I tried my best to get it right. For those who need them the translations are on the bottom of the page.
I was sitting talking with the other doctors around the table when a overnight package was placed in front of me. News from home had arrived. I looked at the address on it and it was from Abby. She had gotten my letter and now my hands were shaking at what could have been inside. Did I dare open it? What news was inside? I didn't know how such a small package could cause such anxiety.
I looked at it again. "Open it you fool." I said to myself. It was either going to tell you she wants you to come home or that you should go throw yourself into an Africa ravine. I slowly opened it. My eyes read the words that were on the page, once, twice, three times I read it. It was almost as if I couldn't believe what was written.
"Good news from home?" I heard Angelique ask.
"Yes, it's very good news from home." I said looking up. I could feel the film of tears forming on my eyes.
"You're crying Carter." She said looking at me funny.
"Yes, Abby wants me to come home." I said smiling.
"I am glad for that Carter." She said, "but I suppose that means that I am going to be now losing one of the best doctors that I have had in a long time, except for Luka."
"I guess that is what it means." Carter said looking across the table at her, "but hey now at least you have more help."
"Oui, mais vous serez douloureusement manqué ici aussi mon ami." She said to me.
"I know that you will miss me and you are my friend as well. Vous savez que je reviendrai encore. J'aime travailler ici avec vous, mais mon Abby me veut toujours et je l'aime plus que n'importe quoi dans ce monde." She looked at me, "I must say Carter that you French has improved a great deal since you were here the first time. I know that you will come back again Carter, go fix your relationship with your Abby, for she is camarade d'âme." "Yes she is my camarade d'âme, my soul mate." I said to her looking wishfully away. "Maintenant aller. Sortir d'ici avant que je change mon esprit d'est heureux que vous partiez. Dieu expédie votre retour à l'Amérique mon ami. Pouvoir vous trouvez le bonheur à l'aise." "I'm going I'm going." I said back to her, "don't worry, I don't plan on sticking around until you change you mind about me leaving you." Carter could not help but chuckle, he was going home.
Translations:
Oui, mais vous serez douloureusement manqué ici aussi mon ami is Yes, but you will be painfully missed here also my friend
Vous savez que je reviendrai encore. J'aime travailler ici avec vous, mais mon Abby me veut toujours et je l'aime plus que n'importe quoi dans ce monde is You know that I will return again. I like to work here with you, but my Abby wants me always and I like it more than does not import what in this world
Maintenant aller. Sortir d'ici avant que je change mon esprit d'est heureux que vous partiez. Dieu expédie votre retour à l'Amérique mon ami. Pouvoir vous trouvez le bonheur à l'aise. is Now go. Get out of here before I change my mind about being happy that you are leaving. God speed your return to America my friend. May you find happiness at home.
A/N: French is not a language that I am fluent in. So if I'm not grammatically correct with it please don't be harsh. I tried my best to get it right. For those who need them the translations are on the bottom of the page.
I was sitting talking with the other doctors around the table when a overnight package was placed in front of me. News from home had arrived. I looked at the address on it and it was from Abby. She had gotten my letter and now my hands were shaking at what could have been inside. Did I dare open it? What news was inside? I didn't know how such a small package could cause such anxiety.
I looked at it again. "Open it you fool." I said to myself. It was either going to tell you she wants you to come home or that you should go throw yourself into an Africa ravine. I slowly opened it. My eyes read the words that were on the page, once, twice, three times I read it. It was almost as if I couldn't believe what was written.
"Good news from home?" I heard Angelique ask.
"Yes, it's very good news from home." I said looking up. I could feel the film of tears forming on my eyes.
"You're crying Carter." She said looking at me funny.
"Yes, Abby wants me to come home." I said smiling.
"I am glad for that Carter." She said, "but I suppose that means that I am going to be now losing one of the best doctors that I have had in a long time, except for Luka."
"I guess that is what it means." Carter said looking across the table at her, "but hey now at least you have more help."
"Oui, mais vous serez douloureusement manqué ici aussi mon ami." She said to me.
"I know that you will miss me and you are my friend as well. Vous savez que je reviendrai encore. J'aime travailler ici avec vous, mais mon Abby me veut toujours et je l'aime plus que n'importe quoi dans ce monde." She looked at me, "I must say Carter that you French has improved a great deal since you were here the first time. I know that you will come back again Carter, go fix your relationship with your Abby, for she is camarade d'âme." "Yes she is my camarade d'âme, my soul mate." I said to her looking wishfully away. "Maintenant aller. Sortir d'ici avant que je change mon esprit d'est heureux que vous partiez. Dieu expédie votre retour à l'Amérique mon ami. Pouvoir vous trouvez le bonheur à l'aise." "I'm going I'm going." I said back to her, "don't worry, I don't plan on sticking around until you change you mind about me leaving you." Carter could not help but chuckle, he was going home.
Translations:
Oui, mais vous serez douloureusement manqué ici aussi mon ami is Yes, but you will be painfully missed here also my friend
Vous savez que je reviendrai encore. J'aime travailler ici avec vous, mais mon Abby me veut toujours et je l'aime plus que n'importe quoi dans ce monde is You know that I will return again. I like to work here with you, but my Abby wants me always and I like it more than does not import what in this world
Maintenant aller. Sortir d'ici avant que je change mon esprit d'est heureux que vous partiez. Dieu expédie votre retour à l'Amérique mon ami. Pouvoir vous trouvez le bonheur à l'aise. is Now go. Get out of here before I change my mind about being happy that you are leaving. God speed your return to America my friend. May you find happiness at home.