NICK

I can see the fear in this doctor's eyes and I know he is just trying to get out of this situation by acting like he does not know what we are talking about. I have dealt with a lot of people that tried to get out of the situation and I know that I can not use the same tactics that I would use on an enemy.

Of course, there is a lot of reasons for me to use those tactics and by that, I mean torture because he is lying about my mother and he is lying to my fiance's face. I need him to see that I am serious and that I would do whatever is needed until I get the truth.

I put my hand against the wall just next to his face and then I make sure I am in his face when I say very calmly.

"Now, doctor, I have ways to make people talk, and believe me you do not want me to use them. So, I'm asking you once, very politely, give us the file and tell us what you are hiding"

I did not think that it is possible that he can turn even whiter than what he already is but I see it happening right before my eyes. This time he has added a stutter to his answer. He then points to a file cabinet close by and says.

"Her file is in that...that cabinet over there the second drawer. I...I swear I'm not hiding anything"

KIM

I have seen Nick in action a few times but the way that he is handling what you would call a civilian just blows my mind completely. He knows exactly how much pressure he needs to put on this man to get him to talk. His body language is perfectly on spot and it is clear to me that he knows exactly what he is doing.

Then the doctor squeal like someone that is in a vice grip. Nick has not even done anything yet. I quickly make my way to the cabinet and then look for her file. Finally, I get to her file and I open it. Nick then turns to me and says.

"Is that what you need?"

I quickly go through her file and then I see that the exact drugs that I found in her house are prescribed to her every month and it is set as a chronic condition. According to him, she is depressive.

"Yes, it is what I need but it doesn't make sense"

I walk to stand next to Nick and then I ask the doctor.

"Mrs. Roberts told us that she came to you because she had severe headaches yet, in your file you say that she has depression. Please explain?"

I can feel Nick's power and authority as I stand next to him. Every part of my body is completely excited by this aroma that he is sending out. I need to concentrate on talking to this doctor but I struggle standing next to Nick.

"Yes, she did come to me for headaches but then, later on, I noticed that she is depressed and so I have written her a prescription"

I can not believe the bull that he is just blurting out. I shake my head and then I look into his eyes.

"Wait, so what you are saying is that you guessed that she is depressive without giving her a psychological consultation?"

NICK

I watch as Kim comes to stand next to me and ask this doctor questions about the file in her hand. I do not know what to do with this feeling that I keep on feeling when I am around her. She is so on the ball with what she says and how she acts.

Most of the women that I have met are just quietly in their place never standing up for themselves or for what is right. Here she is giving the doctor the third degree and I can see that he is way out of his league. But what bothers me the most is that I know he is still hiding something. I do not know what it is but I am not leaving this room until I know.

"Yes...I know her long enough and I would know when she is depressive"

"Oh my god! Have you been practicing medicine for so long that you can just decide when somebody is depressive? Do you have a degree in psychology? Can you see the signs of someone that is depressive? But let's put all that aside for a while and ask, who gives you the right to make it a chronic condition?"

As she interrogates this doctor my feeling about him hiding something becomes even more clear to me.

KIM

I do not know where he bought his degree and how he became a doctor but everything he is saying is not making sense. I can not believe that a small town doctor would play with somebody's life like this. It makes me mad that he thinks that I have no idea how things work.

"No...I do not have a degree in psychology but... as I said...I...I know her...I know her-"

Then Nick suddenly slams his hand against the wall right next to his face. The doctor is probably over sixty years old and I am sure he could have had a heart attack in a second but for some reason, I do not mind if that happened.

"Now, doctor, for the last time. What are you hiding? I just want you to know that if you do not tell me now, you will regret it"

NICK

Then suddenly he throws his hands up in the air and I know that he has surrendered.

"Okay, okay. He said that he would tell my wife about my affair if I did not do it"

"If you did not do what?"

Then Kim finished his sentence.

"...if you did not prescribe the pills to be chronic depressive?"

"Yes, he caught me one afternoon when I was fooling around and I thought no one saw us. I had to do it he threatened to tell my wife and I have been married to her for thirty years. I could not let him do it"

I listen to his sob story but I am not interested in what he did or how he did it.

"Who is he?"

"If I tell you, then he will tell my wife about my affair"

Then I grab him around his neck and start to squeeze. He has prescribed pills to my mother that made her miss my entire life and he deserves to die not just for what he did but because he does not want to repair what he has broken. He has no remorse.

I can hear how he gasps for air and then I feel Kim's hand on my shoulder and she softly whispers in my ear.

"Don't do it, Nick. He is not worth it"

I turn to look into her eyes and I see her gentle eyes staring back at me. I slowly release my grip from his neck and then he falls on the floor gasping for air. I then put my foot on his chest and say to him.

"Who is he?"

"You have to promise me that you will not tell him that I told you"

"I am not promising anything now tell me!"

"It was...Mr. Roberts"

I can not help as I stagger backward at the name that he blurts out. I feel completely hopeless and lost. It feels like my entire world has just been turned upside down. I never thought in my entire life that he would do that. Why would he drug my mother?

He must have really not loved her at all. I do not know what to do or what to say. All I know is that I am going to stand here and just stare at the man that said my father's name. I know that my dad was a bad guy but never in my life I thought he would do that.

KIM

I hear what he is saying but it does not make any sense. Why would Nick's dad drug his wife? What is going on in this family? I turn to look at Nick and I see anger and heartache on his face.

It is clear that Nick is in no position to do anything right now. I take him by the hand and lead him to sit down. I whisper in his ear.

"I am here, we will get to the bottom of it"

I feel him squeezing my hand and then I walk back to the doctor.

"Now, doctor. I need you to not play with us right now. I need you to only tell us the truth. Why would Mr. Roberts do that to his own wife? I think you are lying!"

Then Nick interrupts me and says.

"He would...my father...he would do that...."

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