Bullet in the heart

Chapter 6

Anna

After a week of vacation in South Africa, I went back home with Helena, my partner in doing crazy things since before. My nanny welcomed us at the mansion and I knew and I could see in her eyes that she was going to scold me for what happened in South Africa. I have already told Helena what happened in South Africa and it remains in South Africa. When I got out of the car, my nanny immediately assisted me and I was afraid to give too much weight to her because she is too old to carry me. I am not a kid anymore, so I hugged her and said,

“Don’t worry about me, nanna. I am okay. I am not a child anymore. I can take care of myself.” I hugged her and smiled at her. I am waiting to see what her reaction will be to what happened to me during our vacation. Then she looked at me and said,

“Are you hungry? I cooked food for you.” She told the housekeeper to prepare the food for me. I didn’t expect that she didn’t scold me. I looked at Helena but she just shrugged her shoulders and I looked back at my nanny and said,

“You are not going to scold me for what happened in South Africa?” I asked her but my nanny gave me a calm answer and said—

“I will let you eat first before I do that. Maybe later.”

I don’t know if I am going to be happy with what I hear from her, but I know that I am home now with my nanny, who I treat like my own mother and also my father. She raised me like her own child. I remember when she was always there all the time. I need someone to talk to and to talk to about my problem. She’s always there for the big events of my life. My nanny is always there to guide me. I don’t know what to do if she’s not by my side. Helena and I went to the kitchen together with my nanny. Every time we are at the house, we usually spend time in the kitchen and I love eating in the kitchen rather than eating at the long table alone in the dinner area.

We talked about what happened during our vacation but there was only one topic that we didn’t open up about. It is about the hot doctor who helped me during that time. I wonder what his life is like being a hot and handsome doctor. How many patients are lining up for him? I met doctors in real life, but Doctor Dennis is different. He is so hot to be a doctor and I know I am not the only one who noticed that one. Even Helena noticed him as a hot doctor. The woman who helped him that time, is she his girlfriend? The way she looked at Dennis was different. It feels like they knew each other well. My injury is a lot better now. After we ate, I went to my room to change clothes and freshen up. It’s the weekend and I don’t have things to do now because I am not yet allowed to go out for now.

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Catherine and Dennis

“It’s my day off tonight. Let’s go to the club.”

“I need sleep. I had sixteen hours of operation yesterday. I need to have enough strength for the next operation,” I told her.

“C’mon. Just tonight. I will bring you somewhere interesting. Please? Join me tonight, Dennis. I will call you. I will pick you up at your house. See you later”

Somewhere interesting? Where is she planning to take me again? I am now living with them again. During my medical school years, I lived in a boarding school at Stanford University. I will only go home every holiday season to spend time with my family. I am happy that I am back at home to spend time with my mom. There’s no place like home. After my shower, I read medical articles while playing classical music. My mom knocked on my door and said that someone was looking for me. I wonder who it is and I don’t expect anyone to visit me this afternoon.

“Okay, mom. I will go downstairs. Give me two minutes.”

I went downstairs after a few minutes. I thought, who is my visitor? It was Doctor Catherine Uy.

“Oh, hi there! We met again, doctor Dennis” she said while smiling at me.

“We just met yesterday after the operation, then you just called me thirty minutes ago. Why are you so early, Catherine?”

Meet Doctor Catherine Uy. The woman who taught me how to feel love and to have a crush on someone. She’s with me in medical school at Stanford and we work at the same hospital. And for the record, she was the girl from before way back to my grade school days. She was my crush from before and I watched her with other boys at school. She knew that I had a crush on her. She just knew that when we were in our university days. But guess what? She said to me directly that I am cute but not her type. A straight bullet answer from her. And no doubt, because of that, we are good friends now. Telling someone what you feel makes the burden lighter, but it doesn’t work for me every time I am with other ladies. I am comfortable with Catherine because she knew me already.

“Mrs. Wright. I will borrow your son tonight. We are going somewhere interesting. Don’t worry, I will bring the golden boy with complete hands and feet.”

“That’s a good idea, Catherine. He needs to go out sometimes to enjoy life. He was always in his room reading and studying. Maybe he forgot that he has a life too. At that age of 32, his dad was already married and enjoying s*x life”

“Oh, mom! Stop it. I don’t want to hear it anymore.” I said to my mom because she was so confident talking about s*x in front of Catherine.

“C’mon son, I wanted to have a grandchild. I am getting old now. You can marry Catherine if you are too comfortable with each other.”

“Oh no, Mrs. Wright. I don’t want to offend you, but he’s not my type. Maybe in our next life, we can be together if he is still single in his next life.”

“Okay, enough. I don’t want to hear about it. What do you want for dinner, Cath?”

“That’s the reason I am here. I wanted you to cook for me, Doc!”

We had a nice dinner at our house. I love to cook, so I was the one who cooked our dinner. Then Catherine took me to a place where something interesting she had been saying. I wonder where it is, but I can feel that this is a wrong idea that she has.

“Seriously, this place, Catherine? Of all the places that you could take me to in New York, we are in a strip club.” I said to her and I wanted to go back to our car, but she stopped me and gave me a sharp look,

“Just give it a try, doc. You will love it here. I promise.”

“Have you been here before?”

“Not yet. This will be my first time in this club but my friends told me that the women here are gorgeous and clean, of course. C’mon, let’s check it out, Dennis.”

Of all the places that she could think of, she took me to the strip club. Ladies are everywhere, dancing on the pole. Some are at the customer's table but Catherine and I sit in the bar area and grab some drinks. Then she asked me,

“It’s great, isn’t it? Those sexy bodies dancing in front of you feels so great.”

“ Their body is always the same. We always see that at work. And don’t tell me you like women?”

“I like women sometimes. Yeah, I know that we see those bodies every day, but it is so different if that body is dancing in front of you wearing that sexy lingerie and not lying on the operating table that you are referring to.”

It feels like Catherine is my best friend. We are comfortable with each other. Way back in our university days in medical school she always fell asleep on my bed while we were studying and I was always sleeping on the couch because she occupied my entire bed. Catherine is a neurosurgeon just like my dad, while I am a cardiac surgeon. Since we became doctors, we have been inseparable. She knew that I had a crush on her before, but that was a long time ago. Now, it’s different. I am so focused on my job and treating my patients. While we were at the bar counter, Catherine ordered a martini while I was just ordering a beer. Then there is this one lady who came to us and she smells me like her own perfume. I was not ready for that, and Catherine was just laughing at me. The lady asked me if I wanted to have private time with her but I declined her offer. I admit that lady has a nice body figure, but I don’t feel like having time with her. Then the lady left us but before she left, she kissed me on my cheek, then she whispered CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME, BABY. I was just smiling at her.

“Are you out of your mind? That’s your chance to have her. She has a nice body though.”

“C’mon, you know that I am not like that. I admit she has a nice body, but I am not into her. Sorry, maybe next time.”

“What do you want to do in your life? You just want to put yourself busy at work and don’t enjoy life? Enjoy life sometimes”

“Oh, I am enjoying my life now. Don’t worry about me. You should be the one to look for your lucky guy.”

“We will get into that. I will let you know if I have the lucky guy. You will be the first one to know, doctor Dennis.”

Catherine and I enjoy the night at the club, but we don't entertain anyone. We just watched the whole night. I didn’t drink that much because I knew she would get drunk easily. So, I am here to guard her again just like before at the university. The feelings that I had for her before were just in a short time. I was still a kid before and I didn’t know the meaning of love. I know love, but I don’t feel it the hard way. Maybe someday.