her forehead and left her in the lonely hospital room.
“My car,” she managed to squeeze out because the pain was so unbearable.
“Don’t worry about that now, concentrate on getting better.” Kingston did not have the heart to tell her that her car was totaled in the accident.
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Sinclair had barely spoken to Kingston since being in the hospital even though he had been at her bedside every day. When she had asked him to leave he told her he was not leaving until she was released from the hospital. Mere words were exchanged between the two but he sat by her bedside every day with his newspaper and laptop, leaving only to go home to shower, change and then to return to his seat by the window.
He had brought her flowers, balloons and her favorite White Chocolate Truffles but she didn’t touch any of them because she was still upset. She didn’t want to look at him but because of the large cast on her leg she really couldn’t turn away. As much as she didn’t want Kingston there, he was all she really needed. Being in excruciating pain and having her heart broken made everything so confusing and all she really wanted was for all the pain to go away.
Awakening Sinclair from her thoughts Robyn asked. “Hey are you all right? Do you want me to get the nurse?”
“No, I’m fine, it’s just that I want to get out of this hospital and go home. It’s been ten days now and I don‘t understand why I have to stay here.” Sinclair complained.
Before Robyn could answer Sasha appeared in the doorway. “Because you are not well enough that’s why.” Sasha interrupted as she glided into the room and kissed Sinclair on her cheek.
“How is my boss feeling today besides grumpy?” She asked as he took a seat on the opposite side of Sinclair’s bed.
“I have a ten pound cast on my leg, broken ribs and every time I take a deep breath it hurts. The food sucks and so does this place, I hope that answers your question.” Sinclair answered as sarcastically as she could.
Sasha ignored her knowing that she had a rough time dealing with being in the hospital and dealing with Kingston at the same time.
“Look Sinclair, you probably don’t want to hear this but you need to forgive and forget. Life is too short to be crying over something you can’t change. It’s probably a blessing in disguise that this happened.” Robyn said as she leaned into smell the flowers Kingston had brought Sinclair.
“I had just left the airport after dropping off Desmond so he could go on his business trip when Kingston called me. He told me you were in a bad car accident and my heart sank to my stomach. All I could do on the way over here was pray that you were all right. We have been through so much together, you are like the sister I never had and to lose you would be to lose a piece of me.” Sasha sat quietly as she saw the rare emotion as Robyn went on.
“Kingston told me about the fight you guys had. Now, Kingston may have been wrong on many levels but so were you. If you weren’t so busy trying to take on the world by yourself maybe, just maybe this wouldn’t have happened.” Robyn told Sinclair who was sitting up in her bed.
“Robyn I don’t want to hear this right now.” Sinclair brushed her back behind her ear.
“I don’t care what you want to hear or don’t want to hear. I see that man as a loving and caring man. The kind of man that loves you so much he would do anything for you including take that load you been carrying all these years. I bet you never even asked him his side of the story. Heck, he has been sitting by your bedside every single day since the accident. What man is going to do that if he didn’t love you? He has a business to run and yet he is here with you. You need to talk to him and find out what really happened. I’m sorry you’re in the hospital but I am grateful God put you on your back so you can just relax for a minute.” Robyn and Sinclair had been best friends for years and Robyn knew when Sinclair needed a swift kick in the rear and this was it.
“How is my patient doing today?”