Chapter 43 - Diana's Vacation

"Yes, we need to have her food ready since she might need to eat whenever she wants to." J has already taken care of pregnant dogs so she quite already has an idea of how to take care of them.

Jacob went to take the dog food and other stuff from the car while J who already closed her laptop went to play with her new housemates.

While J and Jacob are feeding the dogs, Jacob received a call from James.

"Ahm....I'll be having a meeting at the hospital. Will you be fine with them here if I left?" Jacob asked J hesitantly.

"Sure, I'll take care of them." J didn't notice but she's becoming gentler and more comfortable when talking to Jacob.

"Okay then, I'll be back before dinner," Jacob said amused then walked out of the apartment. It's like he was talking to a different J again. Yesterday was a happy J, today was a gentle J.

J was left in the apartment with her new housemates. Although she hates to admit it, she is beginning to like this setup. She spent the whole day working on her laptop, talking with Lance and playing with beauty and beast. In the afternoon she took them into a nearby Eco park where she used to jog to take a walk. They went home before it gets dark.

The next morning after her shift J walked over to Diana's house. A couple of days ago J and Diana had a snack together at the hospital's cafeteria. Whenever they have time and they were not too busy in the hospital, Diana always took the initiative to invite J to have a snack together. Seizing the opportunity to catch up with her.

Diana knew J doesn't have a friend in the hospital and being a social butterfly Diana always makes a way to make J come out of its shelf once in a while. But she always failed in inviting her into some social gatherings.

J rejects any invitation from her co-nurses to go to a club or even eating out somewhere or in the cafeteria. But whenever Diana invites her, she would always oblige. She liked the company of Diana. She talks a lot and she always listens. She is always full of energy while J tends to be dull at times. But surprisingly they get along very well.

Diana told her that she just received her annual 15-day vacation which she has been waiting for. She told J her plans of going to Mt. Celandine where she grew up, and she wanted to take Timothy there. J felt her excitement. She knew that it has been a long time since she had a visit to her hometown.

Today Diana and Timothy will leave to have their vacation at Mt. Celandine. So, she dropped by to send them off. Not far away she saw a familiar figure looking at their direction. When Diana's car left. She walked over the direction of that familiar figure.

"These past years the hospital is giving each employee a 15-day vacation. Recently I had mine. Now it's Diana's turn to have a vacation with her son. She deserves it." J felt like she has to say that to Leo although he didn't ask. After that, she walked past him.

"V-vacation?" she heard Leo stuttered for the first time.

"Yes. I guess they're going to Mt.Celandine. Diana had mentioned before that she missed their house in the foot of Mt.Celandine and that she was planning to take Timothy there in her vacation. If she didn't change her mind she probably is going there." J said looking back at Leo.