Years of longing

Jean and Finland's presence at the hospital again attracted the attention of visitors and hospital employees, but now the gossip that Jean and Finland were lovers slowly faded away because people saw that the girl, whom they initially thought was Jean's girlfriend, was walking while holding hands with another man, who was even better looking than Jean.

When the three passed, people subconsciously stopped whatever they were doing and stared at them until they disappeared from view.

"Dr. Schneider...!" exclaimed a middle-aged doctor when he saw Caspar. "Gosh... why are you here? Visiting duty or checking on a patient?"

Caspar recognized the man from a conference he attended several years ago and for the sake of politeness he stopped and greeted him.

"Good evening, Doctor. I'm just visiting a friend's child. How are you?"