The Secret Life of Words Page #2

Hello. You must be the nurse

that Victor managed to find.

Hanna Amiran.

Have you ever taken care of burns before?

That's what Victor said.

- Yes, l was in the burn recovery unit.

Oh, good. Good. Well, actually,

he has fractures too, to an arm and a leg.

There are burns to his body and face and ...

There's some damage to his corneas.

He won't be able to see anything

for the next two weeks.

Maybe less, but by then,

he'll be out of here.

You better come this way.

lt was Josef's room, in fact.

lt's the nearest one to the sickbay.

Sorry,

l haven't had a chance to clear up yet.

The man who hired me

said there's a constant sound.

A noise.

Well, we're almost shut down.

Since the accident the rig's ...

Well, it's shutting down since the accident.

We're just waiting to find out

what'll happen to ...

To all of us.

You know, the company.

Shall we?

l've just given him a painkiller.

The facial injuries

have been giving him some trouble.

Like l said, he'll be blind for a while.

Shall l put some of this in the fridge?

- Yeah, sure. Go ahead.

Actually, put it all in there.

lt,s because of the damp.

lt,s unbelievably damp here.

So, you worked at a hospital in this country?

- No.

ls it that important? Fracture is fracture,

burn is burn. Here and everywhere.

l take care of the temperature chart,

give painkillers, help him urinate, clean him.

l,ve done it before with people

who were much worse than he is.

lf he gets really bad,

then l call you, l suppose.

Yes, of course. Forgive me.

Yes, you can call me from Dimitri's office.

l ... You know, my wife's a foreigner, too.

She's Columbian.

l mean ... l'm not prejudiced.

l wouldn't like you to think l'm prejudiced.

l'm not that kind of person.

Maybe you are not ...

But l am.

you have 1 new message.

Josef, Hi. Here l am.

l,m reading ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun,,,

again, l know, it,s si l ly.

But, reading that book,

l fee l like l,m ta lking to you.

Like l,m c lose to you, and if l,m c lose to

you l don,t fee l gui lty anymore.

l dream of you every night. Maybe because l

go to bed listening to the message you left,

saying how much you liked missing me.

Josef, l love you.

Like that Portuguese nun, even more.

Much more. Come on, ca l l me.

Ca l l me, l know, it's not easy ...

But, but ...

Ca l l me, my love, p lease?

Okay. l love you so much.

o much. Bye-bye. Bye.

Sulitzer?

Sulitzer, l need a drink

and l got to piss like a racehorse.

The doctor has gone.

l'm the nurse.

Nurse?

Am l ...

Where am l?

Did they take me somewhere?

No, we're still here. On the oil rig.

They brought you here to look after me?

F***, man. They must be really worried.

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