I walked out of the hospital from my visit with Aria with the biggest smile. My visit was likely to be the best one yet…
“Good day, Beta?” the doctor’s voice took me by surprise, as I stepped from the hospital steps, causing me to turn to look back at him. "I would say from that smile it has been."
I felt a small frown forming upon my lips. What business was it of his? But I found myself nodding. “I think it went well.”
He smiled, though this time it appeared to be a genuine smile, not the phony smile I felt doctors so often did out of sympathy. “Well, I have to say, you both seemed quite contented when I came to do my checks earlier, and you were both asleep. I imagine it will have done you both good to be close to one another again.”
I found my eyes searching the face of the docto
