I’m not giving them a choice, not really. I’m rather giving them the illusion of it. Which sane person would fire a doctor just to loose more. I don’t know why I’m doing this but the thought of spending even a moment without her tears me apart. She is the only thing keeping me sane, the only thing keeping me grounded and maybe the only one I fear losing. This is insanity, this is craziness, but I am nothing if not these things. Gosh, Inez, what are you doing to me? I can very well see the shock on her face at my words, and I hope my words are enough to make her realize what she is to me, she is my second chance at life, a chance of salvation of redemption and gods if that doesn’t make me obsessed with her, I don’t know what does.

  But at the end of the day, everyone knows those things aren’t meant for me, no, I have destroyed too much, killed too many innocent lives but she, even just for a moment makes me feel as if I can have a second chance. She is my temporary respite from the world. She’s like a fucking drug, one who makes me forget reality but, just like a drug she got venom in her veins, I’m addicted to her words, her lies, her everything and gods I’m scared—because I would do anything she asks and much more... (and it might or might not be appropriate).

  Honestly speaking, Inez is a good doctor and I’d be damned if she gets fired because of me. Plus she’s everything to Nico, he can’t live without her. If she gets fired the boy will break. After all, it’s the least I can do considering what she did for me. Compared to that, this is nothing. I have already taken twenty-four lives. It wouldn’t be too hard to take a few more.

  Asher’s dad rubs his temples stressfully, looks like I have put the old man in a dilemma haven’t I? While on the other hand, Asher stands beside him, hands clenched into fists with anger. That bastard wants to get rid of Inez anyways. He’s fucking jealous of her, he envies her but unfortunately that’s all he can do because cowards such as him don’t attack you directly, they stab you in the back. Just like this motherfucker did.

  The air is thick with tension, vibrations palpable in the room. The silence is eery and loud at the same time. Loud enough that I can feel it in every part of me and eery enough that I can hear the flickers and sparks of a lightbulb. Finally, after what feels like eternity his dad speaks—“ok then Riven how about we transfer you to another hospital to ensure none of this happens again?”

  Shit...no...

  The sole purpose that I want her to stay is so that I can stay with her not miles away from her. She is the only air I need and without her, I’m just a void, just a shell of a man. She is the only one capable of making me feel something. There are two things which can make me feel—one is her and the other is murder. And if I don’t have her, I will have to retort to the other method...which won’t have pretty consequences. But what other choice do I have? I could threaten them again with murder but...it just doesn’t seem right...

  Oh so the monster is playing the saint now? How funny of you, Riven.

  So instead comply. With a nod I state “yes, that’s fine with me. You can transfer me to another hospital but you wont be firing her understood?”

  Taken from Royal Road, this narrative should be reported if found on Amazon.

  The manger looks at me through his spectacles “rest assured Mr. Riven, we wont be firing her but you will be gone from this hospital for good.”

  Next, as expected Inez protests “what? Sir no, you can’t just transfer him to another hospital because of something I did.”

  “And why can’t I?” he asks with a note of authority in his tone.

  “Because that’ll just mess things up further.”

  “You don’t get to decide what happens around here Dr. Inez, I do. You should be thankful to Riven that you’re not getting dismissed this instant.”

  Damn, I’m surprised by how Asher is not making any comment. He was the one most bothered by his dad’s decision to not fire her. The reason is pretty evident—he was so close to getting rid of his rival, so close to being the best but I had different plans, didn’t I?

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  “What the fuck did you just do out there huh?” She asks as I empty my stuff from my locker.

  “That, darling, is called saving your ass.”

  I don’t look at her while I answer, using the excuse of taking my stuff out to avoid her gaze because...I know what she will see there—hurt, anguish, anger everything at leaving her, everything I don’t want her to see.

  “How did Asher get the footage anyway?” I inquire out of curiosity.

  “There’s a camera outside, right beside the window’s opening. I thought it didn’t work because it’s very old. Three years ago, all the cameras in the hospital were changed since they were too old and didn’t work properly but that camera wasn’t changed. They most probably forgot about it. I assumed it didn’t work but turns out it was barely alive, just alive enough to expose me.”

  Oh, no wonder the footage was so blurry. I reply with a ‘hmm’ still avoiding her gaze.

  “Riven you’re a fucking dumbass you know that? What am I going to tell Nico huh? You know he loves you a lot, you’re like a damn elder brother to him.”

  “Just tell him I have been shifted to special care centre for a few days. Simple.” I say with a shrug.

  At my nonchalance, something inside her snaps. She swiftly stands up from the chair and stands right in front of me as I turn back. “Why are you playing it so cool, Riven? Why are you pretending that this doesn’t affect you as much as it affects me?” Gods above, it takes everything I have to stop my desperation from showing because I can’t scare the pretty shrink away, can’t let her know how deep my obsession runs so instead I put the same mask of indifference as I answer “oh? I didn’t even know it affected you.”

  Nothing, and when I say nothing could have had prepared me for what she does next. Trying to deflect the conversation, I walk past her but before I could do so she gives me a hard push forcing me to face her “Well, news flash—it fucking does.” Her voice rises gradually before I feel her mirroring my own desperation and gosh seeing her like this might just be the death of me. “Everything you do affects me Riven. Your laughs, your smiles, your words, your tears every single bit of it. All of this affects me. And I wish you could realize that.”

  “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon Inez.”

  Pretty shrink drops a bombshell like that and expects it to have no consequences?

  Well now that I know it, mark my words.

  I will come back...

  And I will bring ruin with me...