Raeleigh was slowly released from his embrace. Santiago used his finger to tap her round nose. "He's right. You are my sister-in-law. It is a fact that will never change forever. Without him, I would not have known you."
"I have said that if you don't feel anything, I will let you go."
Santiago let go of her and turned to the bathroom. Raeleigh stood in front of the bathroom staring at the door. Relieved though she was, her mood did not take a turn for the better.
It didn't take long for Santiago to come out. He washed his hands and glanced inside the room.
Lets go.
After walking past Raeleigh, Santiago took her by the wrist and led her outside.
Raeleigh was about to pull back her hand when Santiago turned around. "You want me to hold your hand?"
Raeleigh was speechless. "What are you talking about? We still have a lot of things to clean up. Your clothes are all hanging on the rack."
Raeleigh had already washed them, but she had not picked it up yet.
Only then did Santiago let go of her hand and watched Raeleigh flit here and there as she cleaned up the ward. When Raeleigh had finished cleaning up, it was almost time for lunch.
Santiago went out and took Raeleigh's handbag from her hand. He pulled Raeleigh's wrist with his other hand and called out to Jacky, "C'mon, we going for a meal."
Jacky left the hospital with Santiago and got in the car, heading to the restaurant.
Santiago was the one driving both Jacky and Raeleigh. They took half an hour to decide what to eat before settling down at a restaurant nearby. After getting out of the car, Santiago brought the two of them to have a meal.
The restaurant was owned by the Richards family. When Santiago appeared, four of the waiters by the door immediately recognized him. They immediately came up and greeted him, ushering him to a private room upstairs.
They were just here for a simple meal, but be that as it may, Raeleigh actually had to concede to Santiago's high profile act.
Raeleigh had been focusing on her meal while Santiago was speaking to Jacky. Raeleigh wasn't sure of the details as she wasn't paying attention to their conversation. She only knew what the two were talking about with some confidential information. However, they were all on Jacky's phone. The files were encrypted, so even if it was sent to Santiago's phone, he would still need a password for the files.
In fact, Raeleigh was not interested in what Santiago had planned, but when she heard something about an old couple, it sparked Raeleigh's curiosity.
"Put this matter aside first. I will investigate it." Santiago buried his phone in his pocket, picked up the utensils, and began to enjoy his meal. Still, she couldn't help but to ask, "What about the old couple you guys were talking about?"
"They're no one you would know." Santiago forked a piece of meat and gave it to Raeleigh. She knew that Santiago had something to hide, so she stopped prying into it. If he was disinclined to divulge, she thought, then why the need to force it from him?
After eating, Jacky excused himself from the table and called Deanna. He stood by the window and laughed the whole time. Raeleigh glanced at Santiago. He was a slow eater, betraying his big appetite. He had already eaten so much but he could still continue eating without flinching. Raeleigh looked at the clock. They had started eating at twelve o'clock and it was almost three o'clock then. Santiago was still taking his own sweet time.
Raeleigh was about to drop off sitting there.
Xanthus called Raeleigh and asked her where she had gone. Raeleigh said that she was eating in a restaurant outside.
"How was Stuart's surgery?" Although Raeleigh did not show up, she knew that Xanthus had operated on Stuart that morning. Now that Xanthus was free to give her a call, it meant that Stuart's surgery was done and dusted.
"Very successful, as long as he can make it through the night, he'll be stable next morning." Xanthus had just taken off his operation suit and went to see Raeleigh. When he could not find her in the hospital, he called her.
After chatting for a while, Raeleigh wanted to go back to the hospital to visit Stuart. Santiago got up and left with the two.
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