The Toxic Doctor

He Cheated

"Miss Lyons, if you continue all this crying I’m afraid that I’ll have to give you something to really cry about" I heard the doctor saying while taking my blood pressure. I looked wide eyed at him as he grinned at me showing those beautiful teeth again and I found myself smiling back.

"Ha! There’s what I've been waiting to see all afternoon" he smirked

"Are you always this nice to your patients?" I asked while trying not to blush too much.

He looked up from scribbling on the pad he took from his pocket

"Yep, it’s my job to help the patient get better and getting better always start with smiling" he said while pinching my cheeks gently.

When his fingers touched my skin, there was a surge that rushed through me and I stiffened. He must've felt it too because he snappily removed his hand.

"I'm sorry Miss Lyons" he whispered

"It’s fine. I replied "Ummm Dr King... do you think I can go visit my friend now?" hoping to change the subject, and he scowled

"With all that crying? I think not" he said in a stern voice.

"W-w-wait, please, what if I promise not to cry, I'll be strong, my last name is Lyons for heavens sake. I'm a strong African American woman!" I told him in one long breath.

"Oh really?" He said folding his arms and looking as if he was contemplating about what I said "Ok then, I'll get your mom to go with you" he said while heading towards the door....

"Wait…Dr. King....." I called hesitantly and he turned around giving me a dark stare.

"Yes Miss Lyons"

"Thank you” I whispered

"No worries love" and he flashed his heart melting smile and went through the door.

I sat up and waited for my mom to come and take me to Kimone's room and while waiting, I realized I had no details about the accident. So I made up my mind to find out everything possible and to contact her family if Kyle hadn't already done so. I was deep in thought when Both Kyle and my mom came in the room

"Where's Dr. King?” I asked after noticing he wasn't with them

"He had another patient” Kyle replied

"Oh" I said while feeling a jab of disappointment in my chest.

What the hell is wrong with me I wondered, this is not the time for this, 'get it together Lyons' I scolded myself inwardly.

My expression must have changed because I caught my mother watching me intently

"Are you alright Nicole?" She asked not removing her eyes from my face.

I was never able to hide anything from her because of how close she paid attention to detail. She would pick up on even the slightest change in my mood. And whenever I asked how she was able to do that she always replied by saying

“It’s the mother daughter bond”

Which I kind of hated, I and tried to ignore most times.

"Yeah, I'm fine Mom" I replied as convincingly as possible but I knew she didn't believe me.

Kyle put my slippers on and I held on firmly to him as he helped me to stand and take the first couple of steps.

Even though I repeatedly told him told him that I was fine but he insisted on making sure everything okay and could I walk on my own.

Kyle was cool to have around, he didn't talk much and nothing seemed to bother him, like me, he was of Jamaican descent we both were tall, with semi bright eyes and smooth dark skin, his was darker than mine. We had some bit of resemblance; even strangers thought we were related. We would joke around and say maybe one of our parents was messing around (which my mother rebuked).

We passed four rooms and upon approaching the fifth door Kyle's demeanor changed and I knew where we were.

He opened the door and I walked in................ "f**k!"

Bandaged head, swollen eye and fingers, bruises on her face, a broken leg were some of the things that greeted me as I looked at her. My always smiling, basketball loving, life of the party friend now looked like a dead person, it was the sounds of the ICU machine and ventilator that convinced me that she was still alive. I wanted to hug her, to tell her everything was gonna be alright as I always do whenever she was sick or feeling down but this time was different. It was left up to God himself to bring her back.

Kyle sighed behind me; I turned to see the tears running down his face. It took everything in me not to holler and scream but I knew I had to be strong. If not for myself but  for my friends.

We stood there looking at her until I remembered I wanted the details or whatever it was that Kyle knew about the accident

"Do you know what happened?" I asked in a low voice...

"Ummmm... the police said she had broken a red light and got hit by an oncoming vehicle that sent her into a wall on Ecklebird street"

"Oh my God!" I had to hold on to the bed for support as my knees suddenly became weak...

"She wasn't wearing any seatbelts either s-s-so she was f-f-flung from the vehicle..." his voice began to break. I turned and touched his hand as a signal for him to stop; the details were just too much at the moment.

"Did you call her mom?" I asked

"Yeah, she's flying in tomorrow morning"

I sighed, why was all of this happening to us? I had so many questions but the main one was what started all of this in the first place? Kyle always dodged my questions in the past and told me to go ask Kimone but sadly she was not able to answer me right now and by the look of things maybe not ever so he was gonna be the one  answering  my questions and he was gonna do it today!.

"Kyle....what started the argument this morning... no ...umm..... Why were you guys arguing all the time for the past year?" I asked, he sighed and ran his hand over his head and stared out of space but he didn't respond....

"Kyle!" I shouted....

He spun around with an angry look on his face but I didn't care if he was angry or not I needed an answer.

"What started all of this...I need...."

"I cheated on her" 

"Wait... what?" I replied in shock

"Yeah...I cheated and she found out"

I was at a loss for words, was he for real right now?

"How could you Kyle.... how could you?" I asked while looking at him in disgust.

"She found out Samantha had a baby, that’s what started the argument this morning"

"Samantha? As in Samantha from your workplace?"

"Yeah....." he said dryly

"You're a bastard you know that... a big nasty bastard" I said loudly

"Hey.... is everything ok in here

My mother said while closing the door behind her but neither of us answered instead we just stood there glaring at each other.

"I said is everything alright in here"

my mother repeated with her voice filled with curiosity.

"Are you blind, does it look like everything's alright?" He shouted while walking towards my mother. It took three seconds for me to process what was happening

"Hey! Back the f**k up Kyle that's my mother you're talking to"

"I don’t care who it is" he growled

"Oh really like hell you don’t, I ain’t scared of your b***h ass you know I'll stab the hell outta you" I shouted while moving quickly to go between him and her. I was mad as hell and I didnt care that he was a man or that he was 6"1 vs my 5"9.

I was looking for something to hit him with when the door opened and a nurse came in

"What in heavens name is going on in here?" she said with an angry look on her face.

"Its okay" my mother said calmly "it’s just a little misunderstanding" while smiling at the nurse, I knew she was trying to prevent the situation from escalating but not me, I was bat s**t crazy right now.

"I'll tell you what’s going on, this b***h ass nigga likes to cheat and pick on women" I shouted while looking him dead in the eye, I heard the nurse gasped

"Please stop" my mother begged

"No, clearly Miss Nicole here has something or somethings she'd like to say" he answered back...

"As a matter of fact I do" I snapped

"Well go on with it then" he seethed

"f**k you Kyle Matheson"

And I walked out slamming the door behind me.

After storming out of Kimone's room I decided on heading back to my own room when I saw Dr. King coming down the hall

"Miss Lyons, I was just on my way to come see you.....you look exhausted, Is everything alright?" He asked

"Honestly  ...No.... everything is falling apart" I responded sadly

"Wanna talk about it?"

I paused for a moment to let his question sink in; did he just ask me that? This beautiful man wants to talk to me.

My heart began to fluttering in my chest a bit, what is it about him that made me get so mushy all of a sudden? I asked myself

"Hellooooo, Miss Lyons...." he said while snapping his fingers in front of my face to get my attention. I instantly snapped out of my thoughts....

"Ooh, I'm sorry... eerrr yeah let's talk" I said nervously.

We walked side by side to my hospital room, he opened the door, I went in and sat on the bed.

"Let's get your health out of the way first, I need to check your vitals" he said politely

"Okay boss" I said with a wide grin.

"Alrighty, let's check your pulse" he said and gently took my hand.

As he touched me the surge was there again causing my breath to hitch. In an effort to regain my composure I decided to count from one to ten or a hundred even while staring at the floor. I could feel his green eyes on me but I couldn't bring myself to look up, I had reached number twelve in my counting when I heard him chuckle.

"What's so funny?" I asked while still looking at the floor

"I think you should lie down, your pulse is going through the roof"

"That's not gonna help when you're the cause of it" I mumbled

"How so?" He asked with a shocked expression 

"I don't know but every time you touch me, something strange happens"

"Oh my, what would your boyfriend think about that Miss Lyons?"

"I don't know because I...”  I paused not sure I wanted to finish my sentence

"Because what? Don’t tell me you're suddenly at a loss for words"

"Because I don't have a boyfriend" I snapped, "there, I've said it!"

"You're kidding right?" He said with a big laugh...

"This is so not how I wanted this conversation to turn out" I said defensively as I took my slippers off so I could lie down on the bed

"Well, we don't always get what we want now do we?"

I scoffed and rolled my eyes at him to show my annoyance but he ignored me. There was a sudden knock on the door and a nurse came in

"Oh....Hi Dr. King, I didn't know you had already started your rounds" she said sounding a bit surprised.

"Not quite, I was just checking in with Miss Lyons here.”

As he spoke to the nurse I couldn't help but gawk at him. He was tall with broad shoulders, his large rare green eyes, Greek nose and arched eyebrows were perfect for his chiseled face. I loved how his cupid bow lips parted and showed his beautiful white teeth when he smiled. His caramel skin with the curly hairs that showed he was from a mixed race and his oh so soothing voice. This man was like something taken from a fairytale, he was perfect!

"Maybe too perfect" I mumbled to myself

His eyes flickered to me as the words left my mouth

"f**k!" I mumbled as I shifted slightly on the bed, I really hope he didn’t hear me because I've had enough stress to deal with for one day.

"Nurse Jenkins here will check your vitals Miss Lyons... I trust all will be back to normal" he said with a crooked smile

"I hope so too cause I really need to get out of here" my voice was filled with exasperation.

The nurse checked my vitals and said everything seemed normal.

"If your vitals stay stable you can go home tonight ma'am, but until then if you feel dizzy or nauseous let us know okay?"

She spoke to me while checking her watch, looking as if she was late for somewhere. I nodded and she left.

"It’s good to see everything's normal... maybe when you get out of here we can go out and get some coffee, we still have not talked about what had gotten you so upset earlier" he said while folding his arms and staring dead at me with his piercing green eyes.

I flushed......

"Ummmm ... I don't know about that Mr. King" I said

"And why not? It’s not like you have a boyfriend or anything"

"So what if I don't have a boyfriend?" I said defensively while glaring at him.

"Let me ask you a question, are you gay Miss Lyons?" as he folded his arms across his chest again.

"Yes!" I shot back a little too quickly

His eyes widened and then he burst into laughter

"You should learn how to be a better liar Miss Lyons"

I was about to give him a feisty reply when the door opened and my mom walked in.