It was time to go to work. It was time to help the two ladies in Florida who had no idea what was going to happen in their lives. Thankfully, they both made the most important decision they could ever make, but would they remain feeling that way, or would their pain turn them back to the enemy? It was Marion’s turn to prove herself to her Master.
Marion watched Sam and Tonya as they walked into the hospital. She knew what they were there for and if she played her part right, things could go very well for them both. If not, well then things could get ugly and Marion didn’t like ugly.
Marion hadn’t been an angel long. At least not in terms of Heaven’s time. She’d been around a long time in human years, though. Her Master let her know that she could advance and earn her wings if she can help the two ladies. So now she had to play a doctor. She might literally have to save one of their lives. But God could save their souls.
She walked into the hospital like any other doctor would. She could be seen by everyone, and to all who did she didn’t look any different than anyone else. She already had her I.D. badge and credentials with her so fitting in would be easy. All she had to do was meet them both and convince them she is who and what she was posing to be.
To the human eye, she looked around the age of thirty-five and had shoulder length fiery red hair and emerald green eyes. She was petite and stood five feet eight inches tall. She smiled a lot, but that had always come naturally to her. Like most red heads she could be feisty when she needed to be.
Marion walked with ease and made the people around her comfortable. She didn’t try to connect with too many, though. She was there to do a job and that was to get to know Sam and to save her life. If that was in God’s plan. Only He knew what would happen.
***
Luck happened to be on their side when they got to the Hospital. Tonya was able to meet with her doctor and be examined while Sam was seen by someone to have her cast removed. They couldn’t have been happier about not having to wait long as they went into separate rooms.
Sam looked away as the intern turned on the cast saw. It was louder than she had expected but it cut right through the hard and thick part of the cast. Before he could remove it though he took a small crowbar type instrument and split it on both sides then cut the gauze beneath it with scissors. Once it was finally removed it was a relief beyond all things before that. Or so it seemed at that moment.
He instructed her to be careful at first at using her arm and to ease into it and move it around slowly sometimes. Plus, he said to put lotion on it to help stop the itching. That would be the easy part compared to wearing the cast for eight weeks.
Sam was walking toward the waiting area when Tonya walked out of her examination room with a beautiful doctor. Sam was caught off guard for reasons she couldn’t think of, but she knew she had never seen a doctor as lovely. There was something about her that stood out, but she couldn’t quite put her finger on it.
“Sam, this is Dr. Marion Wings. She checked me out and said I’m improving at a great pace.”
“Hello, Sam. It’s nice to meet you,” Dr. Marion Wings greeted her.
Sam felt foolish for the way she was feeling, but tried to hide it.
“Hello.”
Dr. Wings looked at Tonya and said, “You are doing very well, but you still need to take it easy for now. I will get the results back later this afternoon and I’ll call you and let you know if I find anything. I have a feeling that everything is great.”
“Okay, thanks Doc, I really appreciate it.”
“You are very welcome and Sam, it was nice meeting you. You two have a great day.”
Dr. Marion Wings walked away and Sam couldn’t help but watch her. What was it about her that gave her the feeling she stood next to someone or something special? Shaking her head, she caught Tonya looking at her weird.
“I’m okay. Come on, I’m ready to go if you are.”
“Yes, definitely.”
As they were walking out to the car Sam couldn’t shake that feeling. Not that it was a bad thing. In a way she felt blessed to have met Tonya’s new doctor. She didn’t know why, but she did.
“Are you okay?” Tonya asked her when they were buckling their seatbelts.
“Hmmm? Yes, why?”
“Because you seem a little off for some reason.”
“I’m fine, and congratulations on a good exam. I know you have to feel somewhat better now.”
“I do, but I’ll feel even better once I talk to her again to get the results. I agree with her though. I think it’s going to be great, but I’m not going to get my hopes up too high just yet. How does it feel to have that cast off?”
“Oh, my goodness it feels great! It was pretty cool how they cut it off, too.”
“Hey, let’s celebrate and go get some ice cream!” Tonya suggested.
“I love the way you think.”
They wouldn’t be home for another hour as they treated themselves. At the same time a florist delivery man with a beautiful and special gift for one of them would soon be going to the apartment. A gift that will do more than surprise the recipient.
***
Chris walked into the florist with the want and need to do something nice for Sam. She had only been gone for a few days, but he missed her. He missed everything about her. He understood why she needed to be in Florida with Tonya, and he fully supported her going to help out her best friend.
Gloria’s Florist was only a hop, skip, and a jump from work so he decided to go there on his lunch break to buy her a dozen roses. He would have them delivered to Tonya’s and surprise her. Hopefully, they would make her day and brighten it up a little.
When he walked in a lady he assumed was Gloria was arranging some baby’s breath in a vase with some yellow carnations. When he approached the glass counter she looked up and smiled and greeted him with a southern accent. Obviously, she wasn’t from around Torrington.
“Good afternoon,” she greeted him. “How may I help you?”
“Hi, I would like to surprise my wife with some roses. She’s in Florida helping a friend and I think it would make her feel good knowing I’m thinking about her.”
“I’m sure it would. How many would you like to send to her?”
“A dozen and I would like to write a small note to go with it, please.”
“Of course.”
Gloria handed him a card and he thought for a minute of something simple, but loving. When he did he grinned and wrote it on the card she had handed him. Four simple words. Anything for your love. He added a heart and a smiley face beneath it and handed it to Gloria. Not many words but with a lot of meaning.
“Very sweet.”
“Can you add some of those with them?” he asked motioning to the baby’s breath.
“Of course. I just need the address of where they are going and her name.”
“Right, of course.”
He wrote down the information and paid with his credit card, thanking her when he left. He felt good about doing that for Sam. He wasn’t sure when she would get them, but it shouldn’t take too long.
***
A couple hours later after Sam and Tonya finished getting their fill of ice cream and celebrating the good news they arrived back at the apartment feeling very good about themselves. Sam kept rubbing her right arm, trying to get used to the fact it wasn’t covered with that hard plaster anymore.
“Feels weird not having that on, doesn’t it?” Tonya asked her.
“Yes, but it feels great!”
After walking in and closing the door they were both still full of energy and didn’t know what to do with themselves. Sitting on the couch they surfed through the channels on the television and couldn’t get interested in anything that was on.
“You know what I meant to do while we were out?” Sam asked her.
“What?”
“I meant to go somewhere and buy a Bible. I need one, but I don’t know where to go around here.”
“Yeah, I could use one, too. I don’t know where there is a Christian book store, but Walmart or Target may carry them. Do you want to go and see?”
“We can do it later, or tomorrow. We just got back.”
Before Tonya could reply someone knocked on the door, surprising them.
“Who could that be, I wonder?” Tonya asked as she walked to the door to answer it. She looked through the peephole first and smiled at Sam.
“It’s a man holding a box of flowers!”
Sam stood next to her as she opened the door and the guy said he had a delivery for a Samantha Tyler. She thanked the guy and took the box, smiling from ear to ear and walked to the table setting them down.
When she removed the lid they both gasped at the dozen roses and how beautiful they were. Back and forth they inhaled the fragrance and admired the white baby’s breath that surrounded them. Sam couldn’t control herself and she felt a large lump in her throat.
“They are so lovely! Oh Chris!” She knew it was her husband who sent them and obviously missed her.
“Read the card! Let’s see what he said,” Tonya insisted.
Sam plucked the small envelope from the box with shaky fingers. When she read the simple but touching note, tears escaped and ran freely down her reddened cheeks.
“Aww,” Tonya expressed with some emotion of her own.
“Anything for your love,” Sam blubbered. “What a sweet guy I have. I have to call him and tell him I love him, too.”
Sitting at the table, not wanting to part ways with the flowers, she dialed his number. Sam couldn’t wait to hear his voice. She couldn’t wait to tell him that she got his flowers and that she missed and loved him so much. The phone rang six times before it went to his voicemail. She was disappointed, but left him a short message.
“Honey, I got my flowers a few minutes ago! Thank you they are so beautiful! I love them. I love the card and I love you with all my heart! I will call you again later, baby. I miss you.”
“He may still be at work or driving and not able to answer the phone,” Tonya told her.
“Probably. I can call him later. Do you have a vase I can put them in?”
“Yeah, I think so.”
Tonya looked in the kitchen and couldn’t find a vase, but she had a tall mason jar and filled it halfway with water.
“This will have to work for now.”
Setting the roses in the water, they put them in the middle of the dining room table and stood back admiring them.
“You are one lucky girl,” Tonya told her.
“Yes, I am blessed to have him.”
“Come on let’s go to Walmart anyway. I’m full of energy and you can gush over them when we get back and call him later.”
Giggling they grabbed their purses and walked out the door feeling light on their feet. It was a day they would look back on with feelings they would never forget.
***
Chris got in his car and was grateful the work day was over. His boss was in a better mood, but not by a lot. He wanted to talk to him about whatever was eating at him, but his boss wasn’t the type of guy who opened up easily. Chris knew that much about him.
His mind was somewhere else and not as attentive on what he was doing. He pulled out into traffic and started towards the apartment when he thought about checking his phone. Sam should have gotten the flowers already, and she had most likely called him and he missed it.
At a red light, he stopped and pulled his cell phone from his pocket. He saw the flashing icon letting him know he had one voicemail. He smiled, knowing it was probably from her. At the same time the light turned green he touched the screen to listen to her message. He wasn’t paying attention to either side of him and he had forgotten to wear his seatbelt. As he heard Sam’s voice on the message, he grinned and didn’t see the dump truck speeding toward him and through the intersection at the same time. The last thing he would hear was her voice.