LIGHTNOVELWORLD Chapter 14: 13th entry
Season: Summer
Weather: Hot, I guess. I don't know. I didn't go outside or even look out a window all day.
Day of the week: Friday
Date: 26th January, 2024
This was a strange hotel room. It was more like a four bedroom house or large apartment than a hotel suite. There was a dining room, kitchen, laundry, pantry, three bathrooms with toilets and four bedrooms. Two bedrooms had their own ensuites. Two bedrooms shared a bathroom/toilet.
It seemed like not only was THE big boss of all bosses staying here, but Anthony Duin and one of the female bosses were too. It made me scratch my head and want to ask Boss Stony what was going on, but ultimately couldn't dredge up the courage.
I had slept pretty much all of yesterday, only being woken up to meals that I could barely eat because of the overwhelming presence of bosses that kept coming and going. The small amounts that I ate made them all frown at me, which only made me tremble more. Could they not look at me like that? It was so frightening.
On the few occasions they tried to insist I eat more, I ended up with a severe stomachache that would have them debating whether they should send me to the hospital. It was only my vehement refusal to be seen by a doctor or go to a hospital that they relented, but with even deeper frowns.
There's nothing wrong with me. I'm just a small eater. You all looking at me like that just makes me lose my appetite.
Thankfully, the bosses who had been house sitting for me returned my keys and told me that my apartment had been cleaned. I was taken back to my apartment by Stony Boss, whereupon I discovered a new couch, new television, new giant plushie - this time in the form of a rabbit, and a filled up fridge and pantry. The dank, sticky floor that I had always struggled to clean was no longer sticky. It was a brighter and paler beige than I remembered. I even had a new floor mat and coffee table beneath the new comfy looking couch.
My bathroom and toilet were so sparkling that the glare made me squint for a moment.
After looking around, I stopped still in a daze for a moment, not quite able to come to terms with this sudden windfall. Not quite sure what to do or think. It was like having a dozen Christmases come all at once. Having food in the pantry and fridge made my eyes well up and my nose smart. My chest somewhat ached.
I blinked rapidly for a long moment.
"Miss Brown?"
A gentle hand on my arm reminded me that I wasn't alone yet and I quickly dashed the water from my eyes. Turning around to face the boss and thank him, I was surprised by the lights going out and everything suddenly shutting down.
The next thing I knew, I was in a hospital bed with a drip in my arm.
"Awake?" asked the nurse by my side. "How are you feeling? Any pain?"
I took a moment to check my body internally and finding nothing wrong, shook my head. My head felt crammed and crowded for some reason. My memories were tangled up.
"Do you know where you are?" the nurse asked with a gentle smile.
"Hospital," I nodded. "But how did I get here? And why?"
"You don't remember?" the nurse sat down on the chair by my side, putting down a folder on her trolley. "What's the last thing you remember?"
"Was I at work? No, there were a bunch of the bosses. Oh. I know. My boss barged into my house and I called for help, stayed at a hotel where I was frightened half to death by the other bosses who were living there while they cleaned up my apartment. Then I went back to my apartment and got emotional over all the new things and the sight of having food. I don't remember anything else."
"Mm. That's about right," the nurse smiled at me. "You must have had a shock after being under stress for such a long time."
"Talk about it," I grinned, trying to suppress my excitement. "It was like having a dozen Christmases come all at the same time!"
My main excitement was over having food in the house, but I wasn't about to say anything about that. No need to expose my dire poverty anymore. I wasn't poor for the moment. Just having food meant that I was rich. Rich... at least until the food ran out.
"Miss Brown, your blood test results came back while you were still unconscious. Do you happen to have an eating disorder? I heard you have stomachaches after eating if you eat too much?"
"Oh, that. That's just how things have always been. I'm a small eater. My stomach doesn't fit much in it," I shrugged.
"The doctor wants to talk to you about undergoing more investigations," the nurse said in a cautious manner.
"What for? There's nothing wrong with me," I smiled. "Everything is just force of habit or because I'm too tired."
"You need to eat more," the nurse said in a meaningful manner when the doctor suddenly bustled in, all bouncing energy that I couldn't keep up with.
Before I knew it, I was whizzed off to have a scope put down my throat to look at my stomach and then forced to drink laxatives so they could put a scope up my backend. I'm not sure what they were fussing about but I was pretty sure they wouldn't find anything. I had to go into a tunnel like machine and had ultrasound pictures taken of my heart.
They did more scans and tired me out to the point of me sweating cold sweat and feeling nauseous. After which they gave me a sweet boxed drink called Reshore. Mm. It was pretty good. Peach flavour. Pity it didn't sell commercially. I want to know where I can get more of that stuff.
I felt better after that, had a nap and a packet of sandwiches while the doctors and nurses discussed my health. Like I said. There was nothing wrong with me.
I didn't understand why they pulled Anthony Duin aside later for a serious conversation. What does the boss have to do with me?
It was quite the relief to be able to go home. It being the weekend, I just needed to get through tomorrow and then Saturday and then I'd finally have another blessed day of doing nothing and rest.