Chapter 50: Chapter 50

After Alana's departure, Leo returned to his office but not to stare at his laptop screen or to clean up the paperwork that was piling up on his desk, Leo grabbed his cell phone and contacted pedro, who is now in his office.

"Are you busy? "Leo asked as soon as the phone was connected.

"Yes, I am the busiest secretary in the world, because his superiors who so carelessly assign all their duties to this poor secretary. "Pedro answered in a tired tone that caused Leo to display only his flat expressions without intending to respond.

"Then leave your busy time at the office and come here," Leo said, causing pedro to overreact on the other side immediately, leaving his phone out of his ear because of pedro's screaming that hurt his hearing.

"What? "Pedro exclaimed, leaving Leo to squeak

"You told me to leave all the chores at the office and come to your house, maybe I'd be happy if you told me to forget all these chores and be replaced to see you" pedro replied.

"I'm not telling you to forget it, I'm just saying leave it alone, you can go back to the office when we're done and we should talk about it right here." Leo says again, making it seem like pedro is going to have a big, fat strand of his hair on his orders that sometimes make him think that his boss and his best friend might be human or robot.

"Have a little compassion on your underlings, even at my age in my 30s, and I haven't had a blind date in my life because I have to run an office that doesn't even mine," laments pedro, whom Leo has once again taken for granted.

"But I'm not giving you a fair wage for your hard work," Leo said again, pissing pedro off.

"Yes, you should thank all my great great things and the house that I'm still two years away from paying for, otherwise I'll actually be out of your company." pedro's grumbling made Leo just shrug off his shoulder.

"All right, cut the crap and come here quick, I want to talk to you about something important," Leo said and turned off his phone without waiting for him to answer,

Leo immediately turned his wheelchair to the window where it was directly facing his paltry side garden, Leo gazed blankly in front as if reflecting all the events he had experienced in his lifetime, how he had once felt in a happy family, but instantly shattered like a fragile butterfly with just a single tight grip, all the worse when shit hit him, When god snatched the function of his leg from a tragic accident to her not to mention he also had to accept the loss of one person whom he loved.

Leo then drew his long breath and breathed it slowly, and in recent months the tidiness and pain that had been felt slowly began to diminish, the strangling in his neck slowly loosened when a woman who had now made it all seem better, but the events of the past few days caused Leo to relive the horror of seeing alana let himself be hurt just to save his life, She couldn't do anything but look at her as she sat in silence on the wheelchair she had been living in.

Leo's thoughts came to a halt when the door of his office suddenly opened wide, showing pedro in a slightly chaotic state caused Leo to raise his eyebrows.

"Did you run from my office to my house?" Tanya Leo made pedro creatively sit him down on one of Leo's sofa sets.

"I'm not arguing with you so you better say the point of important conversation you're gonna tell me." says pedro, with a little loosening of the tie that feels choked these past few hours, Leo then back to spinning his wheelchair closer to pedro.

"Wouldn't you like a sip more".

"No I'm not thirsty, I would rather take a few months off work than receive a glass of water from you" replied pedro, who sounded like a grunt as well as the sighing in Leo's ear.

"Forget about asking for a leave for the next year, you still have to work hard" said Leo.

"Oh, I guessed it." pedro grunts that Leo can still hear.

"Tell me quickly, I have a lot of work to do at the office," pedro says, leaving Leo immediately linking his two pads as if he was really going to talk.

"I want to go back to therapy" Leo said made pedro flinch a little while raising his eyebrows.

"Did you eat something this morning or did you take the wrong medication? "Pedro said with his full face, because over the last two years Leo has given up on his former therapy because it was to Leo as an exercise in futility, Leo has had enough of all the drugs and therapies he has had and nothing to do with, and his decision this time is likely to have shocked little by his friend's decision.

"I'm serious, I'd like to start therapy but with a different doctor," Leo says again, causing pedro to instantly pull himself into a position to look at Leo with a question and seriousness look.

"I don't want tomorrow or the day after you come back saying that you changed your mind", says pedro.

"I mean it this time and I mean it", Leo said again.

"Okay, but what makes you want to go back to therapy? "Pedro asked.

"I mean, do you get tired of sitting in a wheelchair or whatever, because for the past two years I've been trying to talk you out of it, but all of a sudden you're back to making a decision that I think is absolutely right, Pedro went on to silence Leo and did not know what he was thinking, but the next second a sentence that came out of Leo's mouth actually convinced pedro that this time his friend would surely return to his newfound enthusiasm for his new life.

"Because I don't want to lose the person I love in front of my own eyes again and without me being able to do anything to save him" Leo quietly made pedro speechless and unable to respond in any way, because for pedro it was a strong reason for Leo to find his spirit again and pedro would fully support whatever was best for his friend.