The Aftermath
Hey Linda, Mr. Paul chased after his wife who ran out of the room quickly, while everyone looked on, it wasn’t their business even if it were a family matter this was just between them.
Well Dr. Arshad, did you see how Mr. Klay managed to do it? Dr. Amelia asked him. Dr. Arshad looked at her and smiled well guess I can tell you but when I am writing my report, I would mention that you were present when the session was ongoing and you also participated. You know you can’t have your cake and eat it, so what is going to be? He asked smiling, he knew curiosity would get the best of her.
Must you make me say it? you know I want to know why you have been hard to get the asked okay to make things right I will read over your thesis for your third book the one you are about to publish. please Dr. Amelia pleaded with him.
“Okay I will tell you during the lunch break but we would trade shifts agreed?” he looked at her with a grin on his face.” Okay, we will but just for a day only. So how did he do it?” Dr. Amelia kept bugging him.
“I promise I will tell you later, but not now I feel Dr. Suess is trying to overhear our discussion and I will be damned if he did. He thought he could trick me into running useless errands, while he performed his so-called secret technique so that I wouldn’t see it, well jokes on him” he laughed gently.
Mr. Bryce tried walking away when nobody's attention was on him, hitting Kathleen mistakenly which sent her falling on the floor. The whole family turned around and everybody knew hell was about to break loose. Kathleen stood up with anger and furiously expressed herself.
“Why are you still here you and you're useless so-called best doctor in the country, after you tried to kill my grandmother with your little knowledge of medicine” she shouted drawing all sorts of attention to the ward.
“I did try my best and brought the best doctor in the country, is it my fault he made a mistake? what did I do wrong tell me?” he asked Kathleen almost pleading to arrange his jacket while standing up.
Kathleen despite being angry knew he didn’t do anything wrong, he just tried his best in calling the doctor who came and the mistake made by the doctor wasn’t something he could control yet she couldn’t still bring her mind to accept his apology. She decided to spin it around to her favor now. She decided to use this opportunity to warn him from ever coming close to her again while she still supports her side due to the situation.
“Mr. Bryce and Dr. Suess please you can kindly get the hell out of here, you are no longer welcome here and as for you Mr. Bryce,” she said with much scorn in her voice it could be seen by everyone in the room the amount of bad blood in between.
“I don’t want to ever see you anywhere near me or else” she thundered. Dr. Suess didn’t much warning quickly but quietly sneaked out of the room, followed by Mr. Bryce who didn’t cooperate fully. He still thought it wasn’t his fault and wanted everybody to have a piece of his mind but Mr. Paul stepped in and frightened him with his huge frame.
Getting the message, he followed Dr. Suess out of the room, while Mr. Paul held the door wide so he could leave. As soon as he left, he was joined by Dr. Amelia and Dr. Arshad who were discussing in hushed tones as they left. Dr. Arshad turned around and looked at Mr. Klay now and simply nodded in his direction which he saw and understood. Sometimes actions do speak louder than words, then they left.
Mr. Paul closed the door and moved towards Klay now, at first, he couldn’t bring himself to speak out about what the family might think or say but he had to set the precedent well that he still had people that didn’t support the way he is been treated by the rest in the family.
Klay noticed his weird movement but didn’t know what to expect, in all these years Mr. Paul haven’t even talked to him, he was a very quiet man who didn’t socialize much except when golfing. Mr. Paul now got very close to him without saying a word, a minute gone and another going by it began to become very uncomfortable.
Klay decided to break the silence,” hey Paul how are you doing? he asked wanting to stretch out his hands in a handshake but was scared of disappointment a bit so he didn’t. Are you alright you are looking white what’s going on he now turned away from the glass window and looked at him now?”
“I am quite good; it’s just been a tough day lots of ups and down but we are getting there. I just wanted to thank you for what you did here today for Kathleen’s grandmom. I appreciate it after all she is my wife’s grandmother too. I knew nobody else in the family would swallow their pride to apologize to you or even thank you here so let me be the one that will do it for them. I am not saying you should forgive and forget what you had to endure all these years but as of this moment, I am glad you didn’t allow it to affect your judgment. So klay thank you for saving her life” then embraced him much to the surprise of everyone in the room.
“Klay before you let go, I have something to say to you, Manila golf club by 4:30 pm on Saturday come with your golf shoes and another thing try and meet Kathleen I have a feeling she wants to talk to you” he whispered quickly and withdrew from the embrace and walked away.
In an office far away, the telephone rang and the operator put the call on speaker.
“Yes, John how can I help you?” a feminine voice spoke from the shadows of her office in between smokes. “I have gotten the contact information of the person you asked me to find and I have sent it to you to your email address ma and that would be all”. “Thank you John I will see to it that you will be compensated very well.”
she ended the call and smiled.Who are you?It was a fine morning, which the radiant sun blazed the sky in its golden touch, passing through the foliage. The summer breeze blew gently carrying dust particles and the musky sweet smell of decayed fallen leaves around Klay Green who was visiting his parent’s tomb in Burberry Town.They died almost four years ago in a ghastly car accident he survived but barely, in the most bizarre of circumstances because the wreckage from the car wasn’t something one could walk out from. The lead investigator always told him “you should be thankful always because, you been here is impossible after that type of accident.”Klay always had a bad feeling remembering that day ,he always felt the accident was rigged because everything seemed to work against them that day, the traffic lights didn’t work, the car brakes failed, and even the auto-detection system for a smart car to fail like that the chances were too slim and the police didn’t investigate the so called accident.The most sh
The hospital Klay arrived at the hospital premise and quickly tossed his keys to the security man nearby and dashed in quickly, while the security man Andre parked his car. His wife Kathleen was waiting for him in the lobby with hands akimbo. Upon sighting him from afar she started yelling “where the hell have you been” to Klay who was now embarrassed.Klay looking at the crowd watching them quickly walked towards her and apologized to her,” sorry there was an issue that required my attention” so I had to attend it before coming here it was very urgent. What happened to her? have you spoken to the doctor?Kathleen hearing this flared up “required your attention? so my grandmother is now useless or what? Her nostrils became wider as she was ranting. “I didn’t want to marry you because you were broke, I am the one that bought your clothes and provided for the family while you were running around doing house chores with the maid and you dare say that to my face” she continued without ca
who is that man?“Hi I am Mr. Bryce, I’m the sole CEO of Bryce communication conglomerate,” he said to Aunt Renee and Mr. Paul extending his hands to shake them.” Is Kathleen here? he asked searching frantically with his eyes looking for the most beautiful woman in the world in his words. He always had a special liking for Kathleen over the years but couldn’t bring himself to her due to his inferiority complex back then but now things were different, he had status, wealth and the cars.Mr. Bryce was Kathleen's high school crush, who always tried to win her affection but couldn’t. Then Bryce was just a spoilt kid living off his parents’ wealth like the majority of the kids then but he was a slob, a dirty kid. Kathleen was the direct opposite of him, she always hated and despised him.Kathleen being attractive had sort of admirers back then, but Bryce’s was nothing short of creepy, even to the extent of taking her pictures without her permission and stalking her. Bryce changed school a
Dr.Suess at workThe whole family watched as Dr Suess worked on her with awe. He worked so diligently on her, taking notes of the veins on her arms, and arteries. He told the family and Mr Bryce to go to the next room behind them while they watch from a glass that separated them while he works to avoid disturbances as this was the hospital policy.The family and Mr. Bryce quickly obliged and went to the other and watched keenly while worked. One person who was paying more attention than the rest was Klay. Klay was skilled in medicine, a closely kept secret which nobody knew and he wanted it that way moved to the front where he wouldn’t get an interrupted view of Dr Suess performing.Dr. Suess unclipped Kathleen grandmother gown, and gently massaged her backs moving towards her shoulders. Seeing this Mr Paul told Kevin, Kelly and Charles to go out and get some chocolate bars for themselves from the vending machine downstairs. Dr Suess moved up to her shoulders now, carefully tracing ru
“I TOLD YOU SO”Camellia called her granddaughter Kathleen aside and asked her “what are you still doing with that useless husband of yours Klay, why don’t you leave him and marry that cute man friend of yours that invited Dr Suess over for my treatment? Now, don’t you give me that look as if I don’t know what I am talking about” she chided Kathleen?“I don’t know what you are talking about replied her grandmother. Mr. Bryce is just an old friend, who happens to have a lot of money. I don’t even have any feelings for him in general at all” she tried replying.“Shush! The little girl I am telling you what to do, see dear I am telling you what is best for you now. He seems like a reasonable young man why not give him a chance or do you think he won’t do any better than that useless fellow you have for a husband” she interrupted Kathleen who was trying to speak. “I just don’t like him and remember you can’t force love” she responded to her grandmom while waiting for a reply. She turned
* Klay the savior*Klay running into the room at full speed barged into Dr. Suess who was standing at the entrance of the room. They both fell after the collision, immediately Klay stood up and stretch his hands and help doctor Suess get on his feet. After helping Dr. Suess to stand he told him to come inside the room and take responsibility.“In the room, Dr. Amelia looked surprised when Klay entered and took a pair of sutures, and a scalpel from the table beside her and walked towards Mrs. Burgess. Hey what do you think you are doing here and why are you holding that” she asked him. “Relax he is with me” replied a familiar voice from the back, it was the voice of Dr. Arshad who was coming in with Dr. Suess. “He has an idea on how to save her and also stop the bleeding and yes the almighty Dr. Suess made a mistake so can we continue or do you want to argue about ethics when you can save someone from dying,” he told her when he saw her bewildered facing showing disapproval.Then Dr.