I stood by confused watching as my dad and Suzie fanned my mom who was not seeming to gain conscienceness. Dr Baren on the other hand was working on a certain project and seemed to care less(or not at all) about the situation at hand. As my attention was toward Dr Baren and away from my mother, I heard a cough.
Seemed like my dad and Suzie's pathetic attempts had finally paid off.
"Carmen, are you okay?"my father asked. Her coughing persisted. My father became more worried and more confused.
"Step aside,"Dr Baren said flatly just then. My father and Suzie gave him space. He stepped up to my mom, opened her mouth wide and poured a certain green liquid in her mouth which he forced her to swallow. He did not actually use force, however, it seemed forceful because my mom was still partially unconscious. The coughing stopped.
"Give her a few minutes, she will be fine," said Dr Baren who had already gone back to his work. We waited a while and our wait finally paid off. My mom gained conscienceness and immediately after she rushed up to me and held me tight by my shoulders. She looked straight in the eye and said nothing at all. Then she let go of me and turned to Dr Baren.
"Dr, this cannot possibly be true. Are you sure there was no glitch in the system," she asked anxiously.
"GLITCH!!...in my system.... IMPOSSIBLE!!" Dr Baren replied, "l know this is hard to take in Mrs Steinfeld but it sure is accurate and you MUST accept it. Remember, this is about the child's desire, not yours.
My parents became the more confused because this just did not add up. They inquired from Dr Baren whether there was a way to fix the problem.
"What problem?!"he asked them, "there is nothing to fix because there is no problem. There is only desire. The only thing we can do is nurture it and turn the child in her 'true self'."
My parents had so much trust in this guy that they didn't even question his assumptions. But really was this "desire" crap really logical? Were my parents really that naive? Apparently they were! To make matters worse, he was going to make them pay for this "nurturing process."
That was it. Dr Baren had drawn a conclusion and my parents had solely believed it. Our appointment time had elapsed and so we had to leave Dr Baren and head home. We all needed to get some rest after such a bomb had been dropped on us.
That night, my parents called every close relative of ours to inform of the discovery. The next morning, everyone informed was in my living room and they was uncoordinated chatter downstairs. I was upstairs in my room with my mother who was preparing me to meet the family downstairs. At that age, I could not really understand why all of this was going on. I was really confused and my parents were talking to me less now for some reason.
Downstairs, the relatives awaited us... okay...me, to be precise. They were seated in circle formation. In the center of the circle was a little chair for me to sit on, and that is exactly where I was placed. After everyone was quiet, my father stood up to give them more information about the gathering. In details, he told them about our appointment the previous day. When he got to the highlight, he modulated and said;
"MY DAUGHTER IS A MONSTER!!!!"
Everyone gasps.
Questions came flying in, many of which my father could not answer well. The uncoordinated chatter broke out once more.
"People, people! Calm down!"my father said, " there is a solution to the problem."
"And what could that be?!"said aunt Cara interrupting him. My father explained that the doctor had explained that instead of fighting the desires, the best we could do is to nurture the problem.
How were we supposed to that exactly? According to "the expert", Dr Baren, we could do the nurturing well by continuous check-ups and Dr's appointments. That would help us to monitor me and keep everything in check.
"If the doctor says she should go, then she should go," said my aunt Cara. Everyone nodded and agreed and so it was settled, my parents were to nurture the so-called desires. Surprisingly, almost everyone at the gathering left without doing as little as talking to me.😶😶
My next appointment was scheduled for the preceding week. Honestly, I could not wait to see how it was going to unfold. But I knew I was going to love it, much like my test.
Wow guys!!! Dr Baren is such a phony. And can you believe how believe how naive Desire's parents are?
I wonder how her first Dr's appointment is going to turn out. 🤔🤔 Will she really love it?!!🤨🤨🤨