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It was the look of shock and hurt on Sherry’s face that I first saw.
“I…I..look it’s not…” I stuttered in an attempt to defend myself.
They would never understand me. They wouldn’t!. I had to find a way to make this right,urgently!.
“You may go,Doctor Eloise,” The Director said as he sat down.
“What..what…is this true..?,” Sherry croaked out and I paled.
There’s no way I’m getting out of this!. There’s just no way!.
I swallowed hard as my mind began to wander. Series of unfortunate events happening in the space of two months.
This was supposed to be a fresh start,my second chance..or third chance rather.
But this is supposed to be a new beginning for me,and now I’m losing it!.
“Jessica is this true?,” Sherry asked and I sat down.
“There’s no way I can explain it that you could possibly understand.,” I began and the Director chuckled.
“It contains a bit of opioid,but it’s not purely opioid,it’s an experiment of mine..it’s not harmful at all,you’ve seen it. It’s saved many patients,” I stated.
The Director scoffed and then heaved a sigh.
“Doctor Jessica,it seems you are not aware of the kind of trouble you are in. So let me tell you. You will lose your licence and go to jail and you can k*ss your little pretty life goodbye,” He finished.
I clenched my fist and took in slow deep breaths. Sherry was sobbing quietly now,muttering something along the lines of “I can’t believe this..I can’t believe
this..”
What the Director said was right. I would lose my licence as using a drug not yet approved is an offense. I would go to jail especially.
“There’s also the fact that somebdy died.Doctor Jessica. Somebdy died!,”
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I kept quiet at that. If this gets to court,I’ll be trialed for murder. I’ll spend my life in jail!. And that’ll end any chances of me seeing my boys.
I didn’t come to human territory for this!. I came because I was falling apart,I needed to get my life back on track!. This was more like I was going deeper into the pit of darkness.
“That..that’s not what killed him. It’s impossible!. It’s not supposed to…”
“Because it’s never killed anyone?,” he scoffed. “It was the other drugs we administered to them. Now let me tell you how David died,” He said standing up and pointing to a chart of the human b*dy system.
“This…drug..whatever the content, I don’t want to know. It was too hard for his system. It damaged his internal organs,starting from his brains. He wouldn’t have survived.”
“No..no,” I shook my head in denial.
“Oh yes, Doctor.”
“I can’t believe this,” Sherry finally spoke. “I can’t believe you’d do this!. You!. You whom I have respected for a long time!,”
He sighed and then faced Sherry. “Doctor Sherry could we speak alone please?,”
“Um..uh..yea..okay..” she stuttered,clearly surprised. Then she glanced at me and I took that as my cue to excuse them.
“Yea…right,I’ll be right outside,” I said as I made to leave and I felt eyes on me as I walked outside,shutting the door behind me.
I exhaled loudly as I remembered when Mother gave me that.
She had told me that it has been in our family for centuries. And she warned me severally that it mustn’t be used,except there was an emergency. But I had instead used them in almost all my cases. It didn’t matter if it were serious or not.
I can’t go to jail,I just can’t. If it comes to the worse, I’ll go back to Silverpine or another pack,any where!.
I could go there and start all over again. It’s better than being in jail.
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“Come in Jessica,” it was Sherry,I didn’t even hear when the door opened,it was probably because I was lost in thoughts.
I dragged my feet to the door,curling my fist into a ball, all the while hoping that my nervousness doesn’t get noticed.
Sherry was seated opposite him when I entered, there was no tears on her eyes and II sat beside her,my palms clasped together and fingers entwined.
I glanced at the clock on the wall and realized that about thirty minutes had gone since I left this room. I didn’t even realize and I’d been standing outside!.
“Doctor Jessica,Sherry and I have spoken about this issue.it’s a serious problem. you know….
Sherry spoke,cutting him off. “I don’t want to make it a serious issue. For the sake of our many years of friendship.”
“We’ll bury this incident..all,everything about this your drug,” He began.
“Not a word of it will leave this vicinity. I don’t want to damage the reputation of this hospital,if word gets out,you won’t be the only one to suffer. This hospital’s reputation will be greatly shaken and the rest of us will be affected,” he stated.
“In return,we want you to leave…” Sherry was saying.
“We’ll revoke your license due to malpractice. We’ll do it quietly and quickly,tomorrow,” He finished and I sighed.
It would be bad. I don’t know how to do anything besides being a doctor. Losing my license is equivalent to losing a limb. How would I survive?.
“You don’t have a choice here Jessica. You know we’re doing you a favor compared to what you did,” Sherry said,noticing my hesitation.
The Director shrugged. I released a breath that I didn’t realize I’ve been holding. “Thank you Sir,” I said to the Director and turned to Sherry,avoiding her gaze. “I’m sorry Sherry,” I got up and began to shuffle my feet to the door as a tear sl*pped from my eyes.
I stopped as a sudden realization hit me. “Raymond. Doctor Raymond. What
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about him?,he fed me that ketamine,” I announced and Sherry sneered as the Director chuckled lightly.
“There was no other person in that picture but you. Besides Doctor Raymond is in Bali as we speak, I spoke to him yesterday. You can imagine my surprise when Sherry told me what you said,” He said and laughed again.
“You know,people say all kinds of things when they’re in trouble, to try to get away from them. But Doctor Jessica,I never thought you were one of such people. Hell!,i didnt even know you were capable of doing any of these things I learnt today.,” He stated.
I stood in silence until the director pointed at the door. He wanted me to leave.
I trudged slowly to the door,opening it and turning back to look at their faces once more before shutting it behind me.
I stood outside the door for a while, thinking about nothing in particular.
It would be hard but there’s something my mother used to say when she was alive.
“There is nothing more precious than life,”
Since I still had my life, I’ll figure something out to survive. Losing my license was. way better than going to jail. I still after all had a chance to see my babies.
I went to my office,ignoring every greeting directed to me. If they heard what I’d ‘supposedly‘ done, they’d not even so much as say a word to me.
I placed my hand on the desk and held the name plate, almost embracing it as the tears began to drop,remembering the first time I got them and how happy I had
been.
I went to Sherry first and she told me she was proud of me,we celebrated. My mum embraced me,reminding me that I nearly gave up,she felt so proud. I was happy.
Believing I had everything,a perfect family, a respectable job which I’m good at. I couldn’t have asked for anything more.
Now,everything’s gone. My mother, My boys,Lucien and My job. This was Rock bottom. I smiled sadly,remembering when my children were abducted and I told Lucien that there was nothing left for me to lose. I was wrong, there was something.
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And now I’ve lost it.
I packed up the little of my property I had in a small box and walked out, I kept walking,feeling eyes on my back. They were probably worried and wanted to know why their “best” doctor was packing up.
A few were bold enough to ask,but I dried my tears before I came out of the office. If I should open my mouth, I’m sure nothing would come out. If something did,it’ll come with tears and I didn’t want that.
I had left my car at Sherry’s apartment and going back there right now wasn’t an option. I just wanted to curl up somewhere and just stay there. I was already too tired to cry.
Someone was honking from afar,but my thoughts were elsewhere until the car stopped in front of me and I broke into a smile upon seeing the familiar face.
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