Guardian Angel Read Free

confused brain.
    “ What happened to me? How long have I been here?” he asked as the nurse adjusted his bed slightly allowing him to sit up at a lazy tilt.
    “You were involved in a car accident. You were lucky; it could have been much worse. You’ve been here for three days now. You suffered a nasty knock to the head and a punctured lung, but somehow, miraculously almost, the lung healed itself within a day. The consultant had seen nothing like it. You really are a lucky young man.”
      Michael nodded in agreement; things were making sense to him now. He sat up very slowly, his whole body aching with the effort and his head swimming. The winged woman was still visible, though she seemed to be hiding in the corner and he had to ask the nurse just to be sure.
    “ Nurse…do you see anyone else in this room?” He pointed over to the corner as the winged woman waved her hands in alarm, as if to indicate that she didn’t want to be given away.
    The nurse turned around, then looked around the room. She didn’t seem to notice the winged woman at all and turned back to Michael shaking her head.
    “ Nope, no one else in here. Do you see someone?” She leant down again.
    “ No-no. I just thought I saw someone out of the corner of my eye,” The last thing he wanted was to be taken for a madman.
    The nurse hesitated , looking at Michael sternly. “Well, it’s probably just your mind playing tricks on you. Do you feel up to something light to eat?”
    Michael nodded, feeling as if he hadn’t eaten in...well, days. The nurse smiled and left the room. She placed a foldout table in front of Michael with a tray of food on it. The tray had a couple of pieces of toast, jam, butter and a small cup for water.
    “Eat slowly and make sure to drink all the water. Your body will need a little time to readjust. I’m going to go back on my rounds now, but if you need anything just push the buzzer there. I'll let the doctors know you are awake and ask one to check on you a bit later. It’ll probably be a couple of hours though so just relax,” the nurse said.
    “ It’s good to see you awake and again if you need anything just push the buzzer, my name’s Sandra,”
    She left the room, shutting the door gently behind her. Michael leaned back in his bed, letting the warm soft pillows embrace his aching head again. So he had been in hospital for three days, since a car accident. He couldn’t remember much about it just crossing the road, and then dreams. But the winged woman - she felt familiar…and she still hadn’t disappeared. In fact, while he was thinking she had returned to be inches away from his face.
    “ AHH…!” Michael yet out a loud yelp, and the woman to stepped back a pace.
    “ It’s true…you can really see me…this isn’t good, this hasn’t happened before. What do I do? What do I dooo…?” The winged woman was clearly talking to herself as she paced back and forth by Michael’s bed.
    “ This is too weird. I really must be going crazy.” Michael sat up, and watched her frantic pacing. In any other situation, she would have looked comical.
    Michael pinched his forehead with his fingers, squinting. His headache kept coming and going, either because of the accident, or the mystery woman. Better just to get on with the job of eating his breakfast and worry about his odd situation later. He took a couple of bites, and his body told him it needed more. He devoured the rest of the slice in moments.
      The mystery woman meanwhile had stopped pacing and was now staring at him with an odd expression. Michael looked back and shrugged, did he have crumbs on his face? If so he didn't really care.
    “ What?” he said, mouth half full.
    “ How can you be eating at a time like this? Aren’t you a bit shocked that there’s a “ beautiful ” young woman with wings standing in your hospital room? Or do you see Angels every day?”
      Michael finished his mout hful and washed it down with water before