The Educator

I nod in agreement and the nurses and doctors head to the farther corner of the room to talk. There is a knock on the door and a medical technician walks in. He greets me and proceed to the farther corner of the room where everyone was. The medical technician carries a luggage-like bag and starts pulling out apparatuses. Elliot leans to me, “Hey, what do you want for lunch or uhm dinner?” he asks me. I slowly stand up and Elliot helps me up.

“Your mom is excited for you and me to consummate this marriage” I tease Elliot.

“We’re working on that.” Elliot smiles at me

“So, what did the police say?” I ask

Elliot lets out a breath, “Well, speaking of that, we would need to get home sooner. I am not confident that we stay here any longer. We’ll fly out maybe on Thursday instead of Sunday. I’ll just give you time to regain your strength before we fly back home.”

My face fell. I thought we would be spending more time together. When we leave to go back home, we will not be seeing much of each other. Elliot will be busy with the business and school and I will be busy with school.

I like it here. I like spending time with you. I just---”

hands, “I’m sorry to have

with the police that made

tells me, “I just don’t want you to get worried or paranoid”

him, “I promise I don’t be. Let’s just stay until the end of

a chance to answer me, there was a knock on the door. Elliot stands and opens the door to see two police officers and a man in a black suit. I hear them but I could not decipher the whole conversation. All I was able to pick up was they were going to ask me questions. Elliot says something and I see him shaking his head. The policemen conversed with him some more. One of

here to gather information on what things, to help piece everything together” she says. “We would just like to ask you a few questions, if that would be alright?”

no problem” I tell her.

a block pad and a pen, “Mrs. Smith did you notice

my head, “No”