A warm expression spread over her face when he recognized her and called her by name. She hummed cheerfully acknowledging that his memory served right. She set aside the cup and let him sink back against the bed again but she kept her place sitting next to him. She made herself more comfortable kicking off her kitten heels and bringing one leg up underneath her. It was not a very lady-like posture for a dress but she neatly arranged her gauzy, pleated skirt to maintain her modesty. She liked the pastel yellow color of her skirt against the stark white of the bed linens.
She liked, also, imagining her mother’s horrified face as she sat so casually with a man on a bed.
“You’re in Eskra at the military hospital in Perl. There was a ...bombing. So, I’m taking care of you until you’re strong enough to get back to work.” She placed an extra feminine lilt into her voice as she explained the situation. So often had she dealt with scared and confused soldiers who lost pieces or whole chunks of their memories after a trauma.
“You were very badly hurt, Darcy.” She stroked his hair when she told him. She stopped, her hand resting in his hair. She cocked her head, “Why did you lie about your name?”
She liked, also, imagining her mother’s horrified face as she sat so casually with a man on a bed.
“You’re in Eskra at the military hospital in Perl. There was a ...bombing. So, I’m taking care of you until you’re strong enough to get back to work.” She placed an extra feminine lilt into her voice as she explained the situation. So often had she dealt with scared and confused soldiers who lost pieces or whole chunks of their memories after a trauma.
“You were very badly hurt, Darcy.” She stroked his hair when she told him. She stopped, her hand resting in his hair. She cocked her head, “Why did you lie about your name?”
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