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me.
“Are you done?” Nick asks, looking away from me. “Can I go now?”
“No, I want you to listen to me!”
“I love you Kayla, but right now, I don’t want to even look at you.” Nick turns away from me and walks out the door. He has been angry with me before, but he has never been so angry that he had to leave.
Chapter 9
Nick
I had to leave before I said something to her that I would regret. The last thing I need to deal with, is this! Does she not understand I have enough going on? I am trying to keep my family alive, keep my friends from being tortured, and she is worried about some ex-girlfriend of mine. Is she fucking kidding me? I am fucking electrocuting myself for her! I am not doing it for Franky!
I drive for hours before I somehow end up at my mother’s hospital. The long drive gave me plenty of time to calm down and just enough time to begin to question Kayla’s findings myself. Stepping towards Franky’s office, I reach for the doorknob before shaking my head and pulling back. This is stupid. Who cares why or where she has been? I walk away but turn around again, walk right into her office, and stare right into her eyes. Her feet are up on her desk, and she is touching up her makeup in a compact that she quickly shoves back in her bag.
“Nick! Oh this is a surprise.” She jumps up and runs to me with open arms. “You look so good and smell even better. Oh, if you weren’t married the things I would do to you would be against the law.” I look down at her awkwardly. “Ummm, I mean … I am just kidding. I had some allergy medicine at lunch. I think it has made me a little loopy.”
“How come you only see my mother and no other patients here?”
“What? How could you possibly know that?” she asks, taking a step back from me.
“What happened to my mother’s previous doctor? I never thought to ask where he went. He had been here for some time but was far from retirement age. If he did decide to leave or even retire, why didn’t I get a letter telling me that? I should have been told who my mother’s doctor is don’t you think? At the very least, I should have been informed that her physician had changed? Why wasn’t I ever told?”
She shakes her head, seeming to search for the right words to say to me. “Nick I’m sorry you were not told about her previous doctor. Believe it or not, I actually heard about his accident through a mutual friend, and I already knew that he was your mother’s doctor. I was worried who might be taking over her care so that’s when I decided to step in and help.”
“When? When did you decide to step in?”
She steps back, huffing at me, “What is this about? Why are you interrogating me? Have I done something wrong to you or to your mother? As far as I know, she is not complaining about me at all, but insisting I stay.”
“Kayla went through the hospital files and found no record of you, except, as my mother’s physician. That doesn’t make any sense, Franky.”
“She did what?” I can’t believe her! She is something else, Nick. How you can be with someone of such a low caliber, I will never understand. She is absolutely the most …”
“Answer me Franky!” I yell at her.
“I told you Nick. When I found out your mother was here, I wanted to look after her for you. I wanted to do whatever I could for you. The hospital had already hired a replacement physician, but they agreed to let me come in and see the one patient until they needed more help. I am taking a mediocre salary, but it is worth it to help you and your mother. I have become so close to her. I feel like she is my mother. I couldn’t possibly allow anyone else to take care of her now.” She begins to cry as she turns away from me. “You loved me once Nick, and I wanted so bad to feel that, to be close to you somehow. Not because I wanted you back but simply because that part of my life, my time with you, was some of the best memories I have. All I have are
“Are you done?” Nick asks, looking away from me. “Can I go now?”
“No, I want you to listen to me!”
“I love you Kayla, but right now, I don’t want to even look at you.” Nick turns away from me and walks out the door. He has been angry with me before, but he has never been so angry that he had to leave.
Chapter 9
Nick
I had to leave before I said something to her that I would regret. The last thing I need to deal with, is this! Does she not understand I have enough going on? I am trying to keep my family alive, keep my friends from being tortured, and she is worried about some ex-girlfriend of mine. Is she fucking kidding me? I am fucking electrocuting myself for her! I am not doing it for Franky!
I drive for hours before I somehow end up at my mother’s hospital. The long drive gave me plenty of time to calm down and just enough time to begin to question Kayla’s findings myself. Stepping towards Franky’s office, I reach for the doorknob before shaking my head and pulling back. This is stupid. Who cares why or where she has been? I walk away but turn around again, walk right into her office, and stare right into her eyes. Her feet are up on her desk, and she is touching up her makeup in a compact that she quickly shoves back in her bag.
“Nick! Oh this is a surprise.” She jumps up and runs to me with open arms. “You look so good and smell even better. Oh, if you weren’t married the things I would do to you would be against the law.” I look down at her awkwardly. “Ummm, I mean … I am just kidding. I had some allergy medicine at lunch. I think it has made me a little loopy.”
“How come you only see my mother and no other patients here?”
“What? How could you possibly know that?” she asks, taking a step back from me.
“What happened to my mother’s previous doctor? I never thought to ask where he went. He had been here for some time but was far from retirement age. If he did decide to leave or even retire, why didn’t I get a letter telling me that? I should have been told who my mother’s doctor is don’t you think? At the very least, I should have been informed that her physician had changed? Why wasn’t I ever told?”
She shakes her head, seeming to search for the right words to say to me. “Nick I’m sorry you were not told about her previous doctor. Believe it or not, I actually heard about his accident through a mutual friend, and I already knew that he was your mother’s doctor. I was worried who might be taking over her care so that’s when I decided to step in and help.”
“When? When did you decide to step in?”
She steps back, huffing at me, “What is this about? Why are you interrogating me? Have I done something wrong to you or to your mother? As far as I know, she is not complaining about me at all, but insisting I stay.”
“Kayla went through the hospital files and found no record of you, except, as my mother’s physician. That doesn’t make any sense, Franky.”
“She did what?” I can’t believe her! She is something else, Nick. How you can be with someone of such a low caliber, I will never understand. She is absolutely the most …”
“Answer me Franky!” I yell at her.
“I told you Nick. When I found out your mother was here, I wanted to look after her for you. I wanted to do whatever I could for you. The hospital had already hired a replacement physician, but they agreed to let me come in and see the one patient until they needed more help. I am taking a mediocre salary, but it is worth it to help you and your mother. I have become so close to her. I feel like she is my mother. I couldn’t possibly allow anyone else to take care of her now.” She begins to cry as she turns away from me. “You loved me once Nick, and I wanted so bad to feel that, to be close to you somehow. Not because I wanted you back but simply because that part of my life, my time with you, was some of the best memories I have. All I have are
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