章節 20: Discharged.
"You're free to go home home now" Jude informed while writing on his notepad.
"Is he out of danger now?" Olivia squealed worriedly. Jude sized her from head to toe before he turned to look at Lucas who seemed irritated.
Giving a light chuckle, he answered "Yes there is no need to worry"
Olivia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have you seen Dionne?" Lucas finally asked what had being weighing on his mind.
"She's sleeping in a ward room" Jude said. Ben had asked him to prepare a room for her as she seemed pretty tired.
"How can that bitch be sleeping when her master is sick?" Olivia made a side note. She looked at Lucas before saying, "you have to punish her. She needs to be taught a good lesson."
Jude pursed his lips trying hard to stop his laughter from surfacing. Lucas expression when Olivia was inciting him to castigate Dionne was laugh worthy.
"Don't wake her up. Allow her to sleep peacefully, if possible move her to a private room" Lucas said to Jude completely ignoring Olivia.
Olivia looked at Jude and chuckled embarrassingly, "you want her to have a good rest so you can punish her afterwards. That's a better plan."
Jude couldn't hold it anymore. The laugh escaped his lips but he swallowed it immediately. "I'm going to leave you now." He said when he saw the ugly gaze Olivia threw him. Turning to Lucas he added, "enjoy" Then he left.
"What is wrong with that doctor?" Olivia remarked caustically, "I don't like him, fire him"
"I want to rest" Lucas said before he went under the quilt. Olivia was too stunned to speak. Was he straight out her ignoring her words?
Hours later, Dionne finally woke up. Lucas was due to leave that morning but because Dionne was still sleeping, he waited. Now it was 2 o'clock in the afternoon when Dionne finally decided she had gotten enough sleep.
The first place she went to after waking up was Lucas' room. She was not surprised to see Olivia still lurking around neither did she take it to mind.
Lucas eyes snapped opened the moment he sensed her presence. He sat up on his bed before saying, "it's good that you're awake. Pack everything here and give Ben a call. We're leaving"
Dionne nodded before proceeding to pack all their belongings from the room. After she was done with that, she went out of the room to go look for Ben who had just woken up himself in Jude's office.
"Good morning Ben" Dionne greeted.
"It should be afternoon miss" Jude said making Dionne's eyes widen in shock. She had slept for that long?
"Is Lucas calling for me?" Ben asked rubbing his eyes. He had only slept for four hours.
"Yes, he said we're leaving now."
"Okay" Ben said, grabbing his suit jacket, he left the room.
Dionne followed him but stopped in her tracks. She turned her head to look at Jude "Thank you for treating Lucas"
"It's my job after all" Jude smiled. At least she cares.
Dionne nodded her head before she left.
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They finally reached home. Sandy ran out of the house to welcome them with the few other maids Dionne had barely seen.
"Welcome home sir" Minerva, the head maid greeted with a bow. The other maids bowed as well. They all wore uniforms and Dionne was the only odd one among the maids.
Just then, Olivia car drove in and stopped with a loud screech. She angrily came down from the car. She was upset that she didn't get to ride with Lucas because she couldn't leave her car at the hospital.
"Thank you all, I'll be going inside now" Lucas said to them and took long strides into the house. He didn't want Olivia to meet him here.
"What's that witch doing here?" Sandy grumbled. Dionne looked at the other maids face and none of them were happy about Olivia's arrival.
"You know her?" Dionne asked and Sandy nodded her head.
"What are you guys doing there? Come get my bags you fools" Olivia yelled as she dragged her suitcase. Seeing the size of the bag, Dionne could already predict that she was not leaving anytime soon.
A maid hurried to her and collected her suitcase, while another collected her handbag. When she got to the entrance of the door where the other maids stood, she scolded "And what the hell are you guys doing here? Move your lazy asses and go clean somewhere."
"Yes ma'am" All the maids including Sandy chorused before they scurried inside. The remaining people left Minerva and Dionne.
"I'll go supervise them" Minerva bowed before she left. Olivia then turned her attention to Dionne, "Didn't you hear me when I said go clean somewhere. Or has being a slave made you dumb?"
"And why should I take orders from you?" Dionne scoffed.
"Because I'm the next madam of this house. My word is law and a slave like you is meant to adhere to it."
"You're so delusional to think Lucas will ever make you his wife. I'm sure you guys aren't even dating. A piece of advice from you" Dionne moved closer to her, "As someone who has dated Lucas before, I know very well that he detest clingy women" She smiled triumphantly before she entered inside.
"Come with me Sandy," Dionne called when she walked in and Sandy hesitated.
"What if miss Olivia comes?" Sandy worriedly questioned.
"You're with me, she can't do a thing." Dionne informed with a roll of her eyes. Sandy dropped the towel she was holding and followed Dionne into the kitchen. Truth be told, there was no need to clean as every where was already spotless.
When the other maids saw how Sandy ditched the work, they did same as well and went to their rooms. If miss Olivia questions, they will just say Sandy ditched first and all the blame will be on her and that pesky Dionne.
Dionne entered the kitchen and began searching the cupboards for ingredients to make something. She hadn't eaten since yesterday afternoon. "What to eat?" She muttered thoughtfully
"What do you want to make?" Sandy asked.
"Anything. Do we have noodles?"
"Yes, it's in the cupboard above your head" Sandy pointed at the cupboard and Dionne retrieved the noodles.
"This will do." She said.
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