I'm here for you
Chapter nine
"So, ready to go?" Victor stood in Anita's room.
"Certainly." Anita said with a relief. She sat in a wheelchair, so her legs had some more rest. "I'm tired to stay here, I'm glad I can get away from it."
Victor laughed a little bit when he walked with her outside. "I made some changes in my mothers house, so you can move around in this wheelchair."
"That's nice of you." Anita said when Victor helped her in the car. "I didn't even know that you had a car."
"It's my mother's car, not mine." Victor smiled. "When I need to do some big stuff, I borrow this car."
A little bit later, Victor stopped at his mother's house. "Here we are." he said.
He helped Anita out of the car and a little bit later they were sitting in Mildred's living room.
"Your bedroom is on this floor, so you don't have to walk any stairs up and down." Mildred said and Anita smiled.
"I must practice to walk up and down the stairs with crutches." she said.
"I know, but not this week." Mildred said. "This week you'll take only rest."
Anita sighed. "Well, alright." she said.
Victor smiled. "I'll take you to your room." he said and helped Anita to her room.
"Victor," Anita said when she sat down on her bed. "Is it true what you said?"
"What did I say?"
"That everyone was worried about me."
Victor nodded. "Everyone was worried about you."
"Even you."
"Yeah, even me. But…I was supposed to. I mean…I am your partner after all."
Anita smiled. "That's true." she said and she looked to Victor. "It was very kind of you that you came to visit me every day."
"It was the only thing I could do for you." Victor said. "If I had to wait, I wanted to wait at your side, so you wouldn't be alone when you would wake up."
Suddenly, his communicator went off.
"I have to go." Victor said and Anita nodded. "I'll come tomorrow."
"Alright." Anita said and Victor gave her a kiss on her cheek.
"Take some rest, okay?" he said when he walked away.
Anita sighed and Mildred came into her room.
"Is everything alright?" she asked and Anita nodded.
"I'm fine." she said and Mildred sat down, next to her.
"You doesn't sound like it, what is it?"
"Promise that you wouldn't tell Victor, please?" Anita said and Mildred nodded. "All those days when I was in coma, I heard what he said. And he really sounded like he cares about me."
Mildred smiled. "How about you?" she asked. "Do you care about him?"
"Yeah, but…"
"More like a friend."
"Something like that." Anita looked to Mildred. "But there are times when I think I really like him, more than just a friend or a partner."
"Don't worry about that." Mildred said. "It'll become clear, but you have to be patient."
"I know. Thanks, Mildred. I guess I needed that."
Mildred smiled and stood up. "No problem." she said. "If you need anything, just call me." and she walked away.