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Chapter 31

"Ola abuela." I said into the phone right after Amelia left. She stayed for a while and we talked about mom. She was really happy I let her to explain everything. I asked her to give me some time to process it and that later we will meet again also with Adele. 

"Evangeline. It is so nice to hear you. How are you my dear?" Abuela replied.

"I don't know abuela." I exclaimed honestly to her.

"Is something wrong nieta?" she asked me worriedly.

"Abuela." I started thinking how to tell her. "I met the Cunninghams." I said and there was a silence on the other side of the line. "I met our aunt and our grandmother." I continued. "I know everything." I said.

"Oh nieta. I am so sorry." She breathed. "I didn't know what to do when your parents died. I knew your mom wasn't in good terms with them when she died and I didn't even had any contact on them. And when you didn't know about them I wasn't about to tell you when your mother kept it a secret from you. She didn't wanted you and your brother be in the spotlight. I was too concerned about you two how you will take their death that I didn't wanted to give you another reason to be sad that your mother didn't told you she was a Duchess." She said sadly.

"It is ok abuelita. I know you only wanted what was best for us. And maybe we would not understand then. We were just kids." I replied to her.

"Were they good to you?" she asked me worriedly.

"Yes abuela. They were. They are actually a really nice people." I replied and then I told her everything. How I met them, how they found out. I told her about Amelias visit in Madrid and then her side of the story. She knew they were about to visit grandfather but she didn't know he was sick. She said our parents told her that the Cunninghams didn't know they were coming to visit.

"I think you should tell Gael about them. I think it will be better when you tell him rather than me. You know how to calm him." I said to her.

"Allright nieta. I will tell him. I know your brother is really stubborn and sometimes it is hard to talk with him about some things." She replied. I was glad she agreed. I didn't had to worry about me telling him. It is enough for me to process.

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"Do you have to go back to work?" I asked Henry as he was driving me to my work. It was Monday morning and he had to go back to the base. He took my hand and put it to his lips and kissed it while he was driving.

"I have to go. I haven't been on the base for three weeks." He replied sadly. I rested my head on the seat and sighed.

"Well it was a pretty hard few weeks." I said and he looked at me.

"I know. That is why I was thinking." He started and I looked at him. We just stopped at the parking lot of the hospital.

"Let's go to the country house during the next weekend." He said to me and I smiled.

"Let's go to have some time off and forget about everything happening around here." He said and caressed my cheek.

"That sounds like a great idea." I replied and imagined us in the house at the fireplace. I leaned to him and pressed my lips on his. I am so grateful for this man.

"I love you. I miss you already." I told him when I broke the kiss.

"I love you too. And we have to wait two weeks and I will be in London permanently." He smiled at me.

"I can't wait." I said and I gave him a last kiss before we said our good byes.

The morning started with usual wards and then I was heading for check ups of my patients. There was one particular patient I was looking forward seeing.

"Good morning Doctor Cruz." Clark greeted me when I walked into the examination room for his check up.

"Good morning." I replied to him and his parents. "How is my favorite patient doing?" I asked when I came to him.

"I am fine." He replied smiling at me from ear to ear and his parents were happy too.

"Did you grew up or I am getting smaller?" I asked him and he laughed. "No. I am getting bigger." He replied with a huge grin on his face.

"Did you already tried to play football?" I asked him.

"Yes. But I still can't run after the ball. But the kicking is not that hard for me as it was before." He was telling me excitedly.

"That is great." I replied and took my stetoscope and examined him. Then I looked at the results of his blood tests and his EKG.

"Well. Your scar is healing nicely and the heart is beating really strong. It looks like in few months you can even run after the ball." I said excitedly and he looked at his parents smiling. "And even though I will miss seeing you I have to say there is no need to come here for the next two months for another check up. Except and let's hope it will not happen, if you will not feel allright." I said to him and his parents happily hugged him. I love this part of my job. Seeing a kid to get healthy.

"Thank you so much Doctor Cruz. Thank you for saving our son." Clarks parents told me when I was saying them my good bye in the hospital hall.

"You don't have to thank me." I replied.

"You were so nice to Clark and to us the whole time." His mother said to me and I smiled at her.

"Thank you doctor Cruz." Clark said and hugged me. "Bye Clark and take care of yourself okay?" I said to him and waved him a good bye. I turned around but bumped into a man.

"I am sorry." He said to me nervously. He had a big bag through his shoulder and thick glasses.

"No problem." I assured him and continued to walk through the hall to the surgery board to look at my schedule. I had two surgeries ahead of me. Cup of coffee suddenly appeared in front of my face and I turned around at smiling George.

"You look like you need one." He said handing me the coffee. I took it and sipped the sweet taste of my latte.

"Oh thank you. You always know how to make my day." I said to him and he smiled back.

"How are you?" I asked him.

"Great. I had a really relaxing weekend. Went to a party on Friday night. I met a really cute guy there. He asked me on a date and then we went out on Saturday night." He said to me excitedly.

"Oh my god that is great. What does he do?" I said happy for him.

"He is working in a fashion magazine as a stylist so he has some great connections. He took me into this fancy restaurant where celebrities are going. It's called Deux Fleurs. The owner is James Philips the Duke. We didn't get a chance to see him or anyone famous there but the food was incredible." I looked at him surprised. It is weird he is always hinting on someone I know. Either he is talking about Henry and now James?

"Didn't you see Mia? She works there." I said to him and he looked at me surprised.

"Really? No I haven't seen her there." He said.

"Maybe she had a day off." I shrugged.

"Maybe. Anyways, yesterday he took me to the market near the river. You know the second hand things but I found there so many great clothes. We have to go there for shopping together." He told me.

"Definitely." I replied happy for him he is finally dating. "I will have some free time this week. We can go on a shopping spree." I replied.

"Wow. You have a free time? What happened to your man?" he asked me.

"He has some work commitments. He will be back during the weekend." I replied sadly.

"Oh. Work. Of course. How was your weekend by the way?" he asked me.

"Well that is a long story." I replied thinking about the revelations of my family. "You know what? I will tell youall about it later. I have to tell you so many things. What would you say to a glass of wine and Chinese at my place tonight?" I asked him. I know I can trust him and I think it is a time he already knows about me and Henry. I feel really guilty for not telling him.

"Ok. Deal. I can't wait." He said and then looked behind me frowning. "There is some creepy guy watching you." He said hiding his mouth behind a cup of coffee and taking a sip. I looked behind me and there was the guy I bumped into before. He was standing near the nurses desk which was maybe four meters from us.

"Can I help you?" I asked him and George grabed my hand.

"No. I am sorry." The guy replied to me and quickly walked away.

"That was weird." George said exactly what I was thinking. The man looked like he was caught at doing something he shouldn't be doing. But maybe he is only distracted if he has someone close in the hospital. I tried to shrug the bad feeling off.

"Ok I have to be in OR in fifteen minutes. We will see each other later." I said to George.

"I will wait for you after the shift and on our way to your flat we can stop to buy the wine. It's on me. Now go to save some lifes, Doctor." He said to me and left. I made my usual pre-surgery routine. While cleaning my hands I was going through the procedure in my head. I was about to operate on a three year old girl who got a tumor in her liver. To take it out will be the easy part but the next months of radiation and chemo are going to be for her the worst. After a three hour surgery which went without any complications I took a quick break to eat something and grab another coffee. When I was walking out of the cafeteria with my food I noticed that some nurses were weirdly starring at me. I looked at my coat if I don't have something on it but it was clean. Maybe I am only imagining things. I took the food with me to doctors room for some peace time while I studied the X-ray and CT scans for my next surgery. The one hour break went by really quickly and I went to check on my patient and then straight to the OR. Everything went great even at this surgery. When I was washing my hands after in the washing room I noticed the nurses whispering something and looking at me. I took off and went out to the hall and straight to Pediatrics ward. While I was walking I saw the stuff starring at me. Even the doctors. I quickened my pace to quickly get into our dressing room but on my way I bumped into George.

"Oh thank goodness George. I think I am getting crazy. Do I have something on my face?" I asked him.

"No." he looked at me.

"I don't have anything on my coat either but I swear that everybody is starring at me and I have no idea why." I told him desperately. He frowned and took out his Iphone. He typed something on it and then turned it to me.

"Maybe because of this." He replied.

I was looking at picture of me and Henry kissing in a car infront of the hospital with a huge title above it. PRINCE HENRY'S MYSTERY GIRLFRIEND REVEALED!!! Holly sh.t! There was maybe fifteen photos under that picture. Few of them almost the same as we were kissing and the other ones were me leaving the car and heading to the hospital, other of Henry driving away with a grin on his face. But there was one picture of me inside the hospital in my white coat and scrubs as I was standing in front of the Surgery board and studying it. That creepy guy. That must have been paparazzi. This is crazy. How he even got inside? And then I looked at George who was starring at me.

"So that's why you didn't told me anything about him."

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