It'll Come Naturally
Chapter 1451 Starting School (Part One)

Patricia was practicing how to walk alone in her room when Michelle arrived at the hospital. Finally, she could now walk slowly again! Her gladness was evident on her face whenever she managed to make a tiny step. She might only be able to walk for some minutes at most now, however, she was sure that she could do better soon. She was lucky enough to survive the car crash. She just couldn't ask for too much, could she? "Why are you here so early today?" asked Patricia as soon as she saw Michelle walked in. She stopped in her track and slowly made her way to sit on the bed. She was heaving when she grabbed her cup from the bedside table and gulped down a lot of water in one go. That practice really made her thirsty! "You made it sound like all I do is to sleep." Though Michelle indeed slept the whole day every day, she still felt a bit embarrassed that her friend had pointed it out as soon as she saw her. So what if she was lazy? She was just naturally like that.

"Don't you? By the way, why are you here empty-handed? Have some manners, will you?" Patricia complained in fake annoyance. Leena would always bring some food to her whenever she came. However, Michelle was different. She didn't even bother to bring her anything at all! She always came empty-handed. Thus, Patricia found it really amusing.

"Why wouldn't I come here empty-handed? What do you need? As far as I can remember, you were complaining about getting fatter the last time I was here. You said that Leena brought you too much food every time she came. Thus, I don't bring you anything. Don't you think I'm clever? This way you won't have a chance to complain about me." Michelle shrugged. She didn't feel a bit guilty about it because she couldn't cook at all. Moreover, she didn't know what to bring to Patrícia. She was not in a good mood today. She felt a bit dizzy and sad for what happened between her and her husband earlier.

"You should have at least brought me some breakfast!" said Patricia as she rolled her eyes at her.

"Um? You haven't eaten breakfast yet? Where is your personal nurse by the way? Didn't she prepare you something to eat?" Michelle was a little confused. She suddenly realized that she hadn't seen Patricia's nurse today. It was her nurse who usually prepared everything for her.

"She told me that something urgent happened in her family. So I gave her a few days off." Patricia waved her hand as she spoke. She was indeed a very nice person. She didn't want to see others sad, thus, she immediately agreed. It was lucky that her nurse's leave would last only a few days because honestly, she got no clue on how to do things on her own.

"Why didn't you tell me? What do you want to eat? I can go and buy some food for you right away." Guilt washed over Michelle as she scratched her head. She never thought that Patricia hadn't eaten breakfast yet. Now her conscience was bugging her for not bringing anything to eat.

"Forget it. I have already asked Leena to bring something for me. She will be here soon, I guess." Patricia said expectantly. She was actually looking forward to the food that Leena was about to bring because Leena was a really good cook. She was sick of the food her nurse prepared for her. Thus, she decided to enjoy some delicious food made by her best friend today.

"What a brat! If she is going to bring you food then you shouldn't have made me feel guilty at all!" Michelle pretended to be angry at Patricia. How dared she play her like that? For a second there, she was really guilty and wanted to go out and buy Patricia food! She didn't expect that Patricia already asked Leena to bring her food.

"By the way, did your husband agree to let you study drawing? My mom said that she had already contacted the school. You can go whenever you are ready." Being the smart girl she was, Patricia quickly changed the subject upon seeing Michelle's angry face. She didn't want to anger her more, so she tried to distract her with the thing Michelle was interested in.

"It doesn't matter if he agrees or not. You know about my marriage and how it is. He won't care about what I am doing as long as I don't go back to my family. So I guess I am sort of free to do whatever I want to do." Michelle's lips curled into a bitter smile. She was thinking that happiness never belonged to her. For the longest time, she could only watch others be happy with their lives. She knew that she would never have a loving husband, a perfect career, and a loving family. Fortunately, she still had her friends whom she could count on. "Don't give up on him so quickly. Just give it time. I am sure that he will come around," said Patricia with a sympathetic smile. She didn't know how to comfort Michelle. She was aware that her words were meaningless, however, it was the best that she could say. Her situation wasn't ideal either. She was still healing from her injuries and she was anxious about her relationship with Tom.

"I sincerely hope you are right. Did your mother tell you when I should be at school?" Michelle forced a happy smile on her face. She was not the type who was willing to show her sadness before others, even though they were her good friends. She was used to dealing with all kinds of things on her own because she was the independent type. Besides, she didn't want to burden anyone with her own sadness. Nobody deserved to be an emotional shock absorber.

"Whenever you are ready. Oh! Wait a minute, she gave me a recommendation letter. It's for you," Patricia said while opening the drawer beside her bed. She took out a letter and gave it to Michelle. Her mother was really considerate.0000000