Stuck in you

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?"

"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.

"Don't talk about it anymore, okay? No one will want to be friends with you if

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

an immediate feeling of relief in Rachel's heart when she heard his agreement. It could really

can sit here and watch cartoons while I go and work. Then we can go home

immediately and then took a bite

to the nurse and tell

swear that he would never leave without letting the nurse know, but

he quickly turned to her and asked with obvious excitement, "Well, is Grandpa Jonathan still at your

answered as she shook

A disappointed look masked his face. He thought for a moment and asked, "Well, what about

suddenly remembered that Jack

it made her smile as she tried not to

expression changed as if he just thought of an excellent idea. "Can I talk

thought for a while and searched in her office for an old phone that she seldom

use the cellphone. There was no other applications installed on the phone so it was safe enough for a child

happy and was about to call Jonathan. Rachel

heart disease was brought to the

nurse rushed to her. The nurse called her attention immediately. "Rachel, Kevin

of the patient and they could lose

wounded patient as she rushed to the operating room. She scrubbed her hands, sanitized them and put on the operating

like there was no age gap between

they have almost finished talking, he suddenly had an idea.

"Who is that?"

"Jack."

surprised when his father placed his phone in his hand and lifted his hand to his ear. There was a puzzled look on his face as

and whispered, "Please

been talking to Mendes and was

more desperate with each

stabilizing the patient. A nurse greeted him as she entered the operating

He calmed himself down a little and got back to the same

speaking, a confident female voice answered back at him. "Here! How's it going so

heaved a sigh of relief. He started to visibly relax as Rachel walked to his side. But he did not stop focusing on what he was doing. His voice sounded a little nervous. "We have a slight problem and the patient is not looking good

words made everyone's heart sink. They almost took a deep breath at the same time. But they knew that it was a critical time and the patient would be better off if they wouldn't let the grim situation weaken their

in a soft voice, "Nurse, attend to the patient's bleeding. Kevin, please brief me on