Bossing the Boss
Three days since I am here and I don't exactly know what Miss Morgan is doing with me here. I mean she is right next to me but her mind is elsewhere. "I asked you for coffee Miss Morgan, not cold drink. Why have served it cold?" I asked. She took the coffee and left.
"You are being harsh on her unnecessarily nino, she needed to be treated with a little empathy and need to be pampered." I tried it didn't I? but guess what Miss Morgan doesn't speaks the language of love exactly.
"I thought you are against us Mother" "Perspectives can change. Mine had and yours should too. Now, if you are going to keep her close you need to change how you handle things," I saw her luggage, "Are you going somewhere?" I asked. "yes, the diner had run into some problems and Anette needs help with few things. I will be back as soon as the things smoothen up." And she is telling me now?
I saw Miss Morgan coming inside and saw my mother with the suitcase. "You are going somewhere madam?" She asked politely. "Yes, Iris, I am going home to Canada, it is something I need to do. I trust you with my son. I think you can handle his daily schedule and his tantrums?" "Mom I am not a child." I complained
"Yet, sometimes, you act like one nino."I sometimes think she says these things on purpose, Still, I am enjoying her doing all this, because growing up I don't exactly have this privilege of having her next to me.
She kissed my forehead. "See you soon nino, don't put too much stress over yourself and take your medicines on time, By the time I return back I want to see you up on your feet alright?" She said. "I will try to get well soon mother but no promises all right?" I told her. She smiled and took her luggage.
"Wait mum, I shall call my driver and he shall drop you off to airport." "No need, I have my designated driver" As soon as she told this Ezra came up. He knew my mom was leaving, but I didn't? what kind of son was I?
"Are you ready Mom?" He asked. And he calls her mom too. "I will be back soon nino, take care alright?" I nodded. She left with him. "I know that look on your face Mr. King, you are envious of their relationship." I heard her voice. '
"I don't know what you are talking about." She kept steaming cup of coffee on my bedside table. "You are envious of Mr. Olyphant and your mother's relationship. It is natural when you don't have the same with your mother. You don't want to share her with anyone because most of your life you haven't got her next to you."
"I don't envy my brother." "You are telling this now Mr. King" Her voice dropped low barely a whisper "But everyone has a dark side, you have that too." "Do you have one too?" I asked. She only smiled at response. She started to leave and I asked her
"Where are you going?" "your mother had prepared an elaborate schedule for me to follow Mr. King. Apparently, you are not the only one who feels envious, clearly it runs in the family."
"What is it?" I asked as I heard her footstep coming inside. I was going through a very important file. It was due tomorrow and yes, it is my secretary's work to maintain these not me, but since my present secretary is acting as my nurse, so I don't have a choice but to do all these works myself. "I need to check on your wound and change the dressing." I kept the file aside and looked into her eyes.
"Miss Morgan, you can say this easily, that you want to touch me. I will let you trust me." "Behave, I am your doctor and you don't flirt with your doctor if you don't want to end up dead. Remember, I know everything about your body and exactly what control what. You do want to become a father in the long run don't you Mr. King?"
Was that a threat? "Only when you are ready Miss Morgan." She pressed along my wound accidently and I almost screamed in pain. Damn this girl, a simple no would have sufficed.
"I didn't want to hurt you Mr. King." Yes, you didn't. You just happen to press where I had got hit by a bullet. "Stay still I need to check on the wound and then redress it. Ok boss, as you wish. Her hands touched my bae skin and it was like my skin was on fire. She sometimes doesn't know what effect she has on me. And here I thought I can simply get out of this, maybe I can in the long run forget all about her but I cannot it seems so because no one can be like her. "Is it hurting?" She asked.
"A little, nothing I cannot handle." "Alright, seems like it is healing very nicely. No sign of infection so far." She cleaned my wound and then redressed it. "You done?" I asked as her fingers brushed along the skin of my chest. This was so overwhelming. I placed my hand over her and entwined her fingers with mine. "Hermosa, "she gasped "Why demy what is obvious?"
"Because sometimes it is for the best Mr. King. Some relationships weren't meant to be" She told me. "Your mother only opened my eyes to this fact and I am glad that she did opened my eyes Mr. King." My mother insulted her. She didn't open her anything. And if that is why she is punishing me then I am going to take that punishment. I am going to tolerate everything she is throwing my way and I am not going to complain about anything at all.
"Fine, you want to leave me, right? Then leave me. I don't need your assistance anymore. I am going to call the hospital and ask for a nurse. Or I will call Myra or Lucian anyone who can help me with something. I mean I am not totally incompetent after all." I told her. "I didn't mean it that way, I mean..."
"It's ok Miss Morgan. I have learnt a thing or two about life when I was struggling to be this what you see today, and one very important lesson was you cannot keep someone with you until and unless that person too have the mutual feelings and you Miss Morgan have anything but those mutual feelings. I can take care of myself I always have. What you need to do is become my temporary secretary until Katie returns."
"And when she returns?" She asked. "You can have your old job back as a doctor, seems like you are very good at treating human physical alignments, but when it comes to heart you fail very drastically Miss Morgan. What I have now and what I had before is something no medicine can cure. With time I think I will be alright. I have to be alright."
I moved again towards my cabinet and took few more files out of it. I walked out of my room and towards my office. I need to be alone and I needed to think what I was doing with my life.
Something in this life doesn't want to see me happy. Katie was wrong to say that I was so easy to fall in love with. I wasn't if I was Iris, would have fallen for me. I was very glad now that I haven't accepted her offer of taking her in that house boat. If I had then it would be ended up very much disastrous. I am glad I kept my feelings at bay. Else I would end up hurt much more than I am now.
I opened the cabinet containing my secret stash. Normally I am not much of a drinker, but today I think I need to. I need to have a strong drink, it will more than just ese my pain away. It will help me cope up with my pain. It will help me forget her, at least for tonight.
I took the bottle out and poured myself a drink. My chest started to pain a little. I think it is just the beginning more and much more pain is coming my way. And there is nothing I can do to stop it. As I say I was born under unlucky stars. I was never meant to be happy. Why did I thought that I can be happy? After the first mishap that had happened, I should have known that love is something which is not for me.
I almost throw the glass against the wall. The pain is unbearable now. I don't know what was hurting much the bullet wound or the pain in my heart, I don't know which one was making me feel lime this. But it does, it so does.
I have to just rip this heart out of my chest maybe I will not feel anything then, does it work? Ripping my heart out? Maybe it does work who knows. Damn it, why am I even thinking about all this? I should focus on my work and all rest shall be secondary.
Yes, that is what I should do. I should forget about rest of the world and just should focus on my work it will help. It should help. I mean it had worked before why it will not work now? I should try it at least. I was about to pour myself another glass when my phone rang all of sudden it was my house phone. "King" I answered. "I don't know what to do Samuel, she I am..." I heard Ezra's frantic voice.
"Slow down Olyphant, tell me what is wrong" I told him getting up. "It's Rosa, she had an accident, she fell down and now I am at the hospital" Holy mother of god "What? How can she fall? I thought you were keeping an eye on her." "I was, until I got a call about an urgent meeting. She isn't due for another month I am very scared Samuel. Please can you..." is that even a question bloody hell she is my sister.
"I am coming, calm down Ezra, I will be there." I told him and literally ran towards my room almost avoided colliding with Miss Morgan. "Slow down you are going to hurt yourself again." "Don't care, not anymore, take the car out we need to get to hospital pronto." I didn't waited for her reply. I walked in and begin pulling my shirt out. I need to reach her, my sister needs me. Suddenly my phone beeped and I looked at it. Colour drained from my face as I saw it
This time it was the mother, next time it will be the spawn. You should have accepted my proposal when I had told you too. Enjoy the wonderful moments with your sister, it may be her last
No, I won't let anything happen to my sister or her baby not for anything. Not until I am alive.
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