To be loved by Laura Paddick

Author:Laura Paddick [Paddick, Laura]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, love story
Publisher: Cherry Publishing
Published: 2020-11-19T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

Rest... Relax... Recover...

That was our title for Olivia's banner. We added many big red hearts, shiny yellow stars, swirling summer leaves and our signatures to it. Thanks to Hannah and Michael's drawing skills, our banner was splendid. My roommates didn't know Olivia as much as me, but they had met her on many occasions since my arrival in the flat. My friend would often pop round for a hot chocolate in winter, or more recently, for a refreshment during the hot spring we’d had. Hannah noticed how close Olivia and I were as soon as she met her in September; I had invited her over to discover my new place. My roommate asked on that very day why I wasn't sharing a flat with her. Sadly, Mr Ledford passed away two years before. He had been struggling with lung cancer for many years and couldn't fight anymore. After that, Mrs Ledford had difficulty keeping up with the bills and raising a teenager and a young boy of five. They left London and moved to a little flat in Merseyside. After her nineteenth birthday, Olivia wanted her independence and envied all her friends living on their own or sharing a flat. Mrs Ledford allowed her to leave home, but she could only afford a little nine-square-meter studio for her daughter. Now, Olivia was going to have to be back under her mother's wing for a while, until she would be able to eat properly again.

My friend was thrilled when she saw us enter her hospital room with our big banner. It was a relief to see her smile, despite having a tube in her nose. It made her look so defenceless. The doctor said it was mostly a precaution, as the nurses were overloaded with work and couldn't always check that Olivia was eating all – or at least some – of the food provided everyday at every meal. I wished I could have stayed longer with her, and maybe even eaten with her at lunchtime, but she had many appointments that day: with her doctor, a dietitian and her therapist. Her mother and brother were also planning on passing by too. So, after hanging the banner up on the wall in front of her, my roommates and I gave her a big collective hug and returned home to make time for our revisions. Only three weeks left before our final exams.

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