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.

stood up and ruffled Mendes' hair. "Don't talk about it anymore, okay? No one will want to be

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

Rachel's heart when she heard his agreement. It could

once more to change the topic. "You can sit here and watch cartoons while

agreed immediately and then took a bite from his

tell her whenever

the nurse know, but he suddenly remembered the visit he

Rachel was out the door, he quickly turned to her and asked with obvious excitement,

answered as she shook her head at

look masked his face. He thought for a moment and asked, "Well, what about that uncle... Ah, no, is Jack still in your

that Jack asked him to

changed how he referred to Jack and it made her smile as she tried

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

searched in her office for an old phone that she seldom used anymore. She then showed Mendes how to

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

to call Jonathan.

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

nurse called her attention immediately. "Rachel, Kevin needs your help in the operating

the patient and they

scrubbed her hands, sanitized them and put on the operating robe, gloves

seemed very happy as they spoke like there was no age gap between them. Their phone conversation lasted for nearly

child happy across a considerable distance through a phone call. When they have almost finished talking, he suddenly had an idea. "Someone is here that has something to

"Who is that?"

"Jack."

placed his phone in his hand and lifted his hand to his ear. There was a puzzled look on his face as he turned

back and whispered, "Please talk to him. I need to

father had been talking to Mendes and was even more surprised now that he

in the operating room, the patient's condition deteriorated rapidly. Kevin's face became more desperate with each passing second. Sweat

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

he greeted back. He calmed himself down a little and got back to the same nurse. "Where is

a confident female voice answered back

his side. But he did not stop focusing on what he was

But they knew that it was a critical time and the patient would be better off if they

She frowned and said in a soft voice, "Nurse, attend to the