Bernard had stood outside her room pacing for more than thirty minutes before asking one of the nurses to help check on her to be certain if she was asleep or not.

“She is sleeping peacefully now, sir” the nurse beamed at him as she came back. “She would be fine in no time at all. There is a possibility of her being discharged today or at most tomorrow, as said by the doctor.”

“Thank you very much,” he told the nurse before she left.

Bernard went in as silently as he could as if he was expecting her to leap up to shout at him to get out of...