Camilla
I released a loud yawn, ready to leave my office for today when a small knock on my door interrupted me. I furrowed my brows in confusion and yelled "Come in!" I yelled. Nurse Eunice, the nurse I put to check on Lawrence frequently, rushed into my office.
Her face look disorientated and she looked extremely confused. "What is going on?" I questioned with my eyes widened in shock. My heart raced extremely fast as she rested on her knees and paused to catch her breath.
"Mr Mr Law-ren-ce..." Eunice stuttered. I raised my brow at her, my heart skipped a bit as I hastily asked "What happened to Lawrence? Is he okay?"
Eunice shaked her head in disagreement. I did not wait to hear any other thing, I scurried out of my office and Eunice trailed behind me. "How did this happen?" I yelled.
"He said he had a crush on you and then everything happened fast. I told him it was not right for a patient to crush on his doctor especially if she has kids and a man in her life." Eunice replied. I halted in my steps at the mention of kids. Had Eunice mentioned it to Lawrence that I had kids? My heart races extremely fast as I imagined the worse. What if Lawrence was able to put two and two together, what if he figured out that I never aborted the baby?
I ran a hand through my hair in frustration and I paused to scold Eunice. "Eunice! You do not go around telling patients personal information about the staffs hers! Eunice, what is wrong with you?" I yelled angrily. She did not seem to have realized the cost of her actions. Eunice only bowed her head at me and muttered an apology.
"Save it." I snapped at her and continued walking, Eunice followed me from behind. My mind imagines the worse stunt Lawrence was pulling at this moment. I knew nothing was wrong with him, he only needed my attention and I was going to grant him that. I turned to Eunice and said. "Go, I will handle things from here."
"Doc--" i shaked my head at her in disagreement. "We will talk about this later. We are done for today." I snapped at her.
Eunice bowed her head at me and wandered off. I released a heavy sigh as I stood in front of Lawrence's room. My mind raced extremely fast and i hated how Lawrence found his way into making me anxious, almost all the time. What was I afraid of though? Icould easily lie to Lawrence that the children belonged to Raymond.
I pushed the door open and watched Lawrence pace the small room back and forth with his hands on his waist.
"Are you crazy?" I yelled at him. I paused to calm myself down and continued "seriously though, is something wrong with you? What happened to professionalism? How could you tell the nurse that you had a crush on me and somehow persuaded her into telling you that I have kids. Do you want to get me into trouble?" I threw questions at him in anger.
"Oh so you do have kids?" Lawrence raised a brow at me. I scoffed and shaked my head at him. "That does not answer my question Lawrence. Why did you tell Eunice that you had a crush on me?" Irepeated, my voice remained slightly calm but cold at the same time.
"First off. I did not tell Eunice that I had a crush on you. Your lousy mouth nurse only assumed that. She was the one who blurted everything out to me, I swear." Lawrence said, his eyes looked sincere but I always found it difficult to believe anything Lawrence said.
"Are you fixing the blame on Eunice? Who's fault is it that she assumed you had a crush on me! It is because you make everything so f*ck*ng obvious Lawrence! I am sick and tired of all of this. Can you just stay out of my way?" I yelled at him. I bit my lips to hold back the tears that threaten to fall from my eyes. Not only was I stressed out from work, Lawrence was also making me stressed. Everything was overwhelming having him around.
"So you do have children? When? How old are they?" Lawrence questioned, his brows furrowed at me in curiosity. I rolled my eyes at him, was he not hearing anything of what I was saying or was he choosing to turn a deaf ear?
"Yes! If you must know, I have two wonderful children, the name of their father is Raymond and he treats me like an angel. I am living a happy life with my new family and honestly, I have to thank you for abandoning me. If you did not do so then I would have never gotten this far in life." I said.
I watched as Lawrence's countenance fell. He looked pained and sad. His eyes seemed to be watery and his hands shivered. I felt pitybut I could not comprehend why I felt pity for him. He brought this upon himself.
"Just move on Lawrence. I have so you should." I stated, I empahsized my words slowly so they would stick in his head.
Surprisingly for me, Lawrence nodded his head in agreement. "You are right. I should stay away." He said.
"Can I be left alone?" His next words made me halt. I felt guilty but this was really for the best.
"Clear the misconception with Eunice and every other nurse you have told about having a crush on me." I paused to sigh. "Please." I said.
I turned around and rushed out of Lawrence's room. I leaned on the wall for support. I slumped to the floor and broke down into sobs. It felt like I had been holding in for too long and now that I had finally poured everything out, it felt like a burden had been lifted off my shoulders.