My Darling, My Dearest novel Chapter 113

Mendes' eyes suddenly lit up. He put the iPad aside, leaned forward towards Rachel's ear and whispered, "Rachel, I want to tell you something. I saw Lucas kiss a girl."

The smile on Rachel's face suddenly faded away. She was stunned with what she heard and then turned to Mendes. "Did you see who it was that he kissed?"

"A beautiful girl."

Mendes rolled his fingers as he tried to describe the girl with his hands. "She has such big lovely eyes! She is fair- skinned, and they kissed each other on the corridor! And then she hugged him tightly!"

Rachel's face became a little blushed, and she quickly reached out and covered his lips. "Okay, I understand now. But, you can't tell anyone else about this, okay?"

"Why?" Mendes asked in an almost muffled voice since she had her hand on his lips.

Rachel didn't know how to explain it to a kid, but she felt annoyed by Lucas' thoughtlessness. 'How could he do it in front of a kid?' she thought.

"If someone else finds out, they will laugh at Lucas. It needs to be kept a secret. So, don't tell anyone else, understand?"

Mendes nodded. "It's our secret?" ■d

"Yes, you're right."

"Okay!" He suddenly clenched his fist and looked excited all of a sudden. "Our secret! And no one else can be told."

The excitement in Mendes' face made Rachel feel a little awkward.

The boy was so excited as if he had found something extremely valuable.

'So, Lucas has a girlfriend?' Rachel wondered to herself.

Mendes suddenly leaned to her as she thought about it some more. "Will you kiss someone too?"

Rachel felt a rush of blood to her ears and cheeks when she heard Mendes' question. "You little brat," she snapped.

But Mendes merely winked at her innocently. His face looked as if he was offering to give her some of his candies.

The idea lingered long in Rachel's mind and it made her speechless for a long time. How could a boy ask such a question at his age?

The mix of innocence and seriousness in the boy's expression made Rachel feel embarrassed. She suddenly raised her hand to cover her face when an image suddenly crossed her mind. An image that she knew she should not imagine.

She couldn't understand why the image of Jack suddenly filled her mind. She cleared her throat to help ease her embarrassment. She felt lucky that a child could not yet identify the expression of embarrassment that was obvious on her face. ■d

Rachel stood up and ruffled Mendes1 hair. "Don't talk about it anymore, okay? No one will want to be friends with you if you keep asking that kind of question."

He nodded to show that he understood what she said. He was still young enough that it was a simple thing to coax him into following her words. When he saw the serious expression on Rachel's face, he quickly realized that it must be something that kids were not allowed to talk about yet.

There was an immediate feeling of relief in Rachel's heart when she heard his agreement. It could really be tricky to deal with kids nowadays, she thought. They ask more and more difficult questions.

She cleared her throat once more to change the topic. "You can sit here and watch cartoons while I go and work. Then we can go home together when I get off work, okay?"

"Okay!" Mendes agreed immediately and then took a bite from his apple.

"Listen to the nurse and tell her whenever you go out, okay?"

Mendes was about to raise his hand to swear that he would never leave without letting the nurse know, but he suddenly remembered the visit he once had to Rachel's house. He immediately remembered Jonathan.

Before Rachel was out the door, he quickly turned to her and asked with obvious excitement, "Well, is Grandpa Jonathan still at your house?"

"No, he went home," Rachel answered as she ■d

shook her head at Mendes.

"He's not there anymore?" A disappointed look masked his face. He thought for a moment and asked, "Well, what about that uncle... Ah, no, is Jack still in your place?"

He was about to call Jack uncle, but he suddenly remembered that Jack asked him to call him his name instead, so he quickly corrected himself.

Rachel quickly noticed that he quickly changed how he referred to Jack and it made her smile as she tried not to laugh. "He is not in my place either."

Mendes looked very disappointed. He then thought for a while and his expression changed as if he just thought of an excellent idea. "Can I talk to Grandpa Jonathan on the phone?"

Rachel thought for a while and searched in her office for an old phone that she seldom used anymore. She then showed Mendes how to use it.

Mendes was so smart that he quickly understood how to use the cellphone. There was no other applications installed on the phone so it was safe enough for a child to use. So, she decided to give the phone to him as a gift.

Mendes was very happy and was about to call Jonathan. Rachel smiled before she went back to work.

It was not long and she quickly became busy with work. A few minutes later, a patient with heart disease was brought to the emergency room. A short while later, a nurse came in and was looking for Rachel. ■d

Rachel was about to help a wounded patient when the nurse rushed to her. The nurse called her attention immediately. "Rachel, Kevin needs your help in the operating room. There is a patient in critical condition!"