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She remained silent, and the pink tinge on her cheeks turned red, reaching all the way to her ears.
“You don't have to feel embarrassed,” I assured her. “I won't take your kiss.”
“Thank you,” she murmured.
It was the cutest thing I had ever seen her do.
It was more or less a shock that she had never been kissed before. It made me wonder what exactly she had been doing to every other man she had come in contact with, besides the humiliation she was so fond of.
I started to rethink my entire plan. True, I bore a grudge against Tabitha, but I almost started to wonder if what she did was worth having a grudge over. If there was anything, in particular, I didn’t like about her, and it would just be her arrogance and superiority complex to some men, me very much included.
I had a hospital back in Maryland, and to be honest, I wasn’t doing badly. But if I had the opportunities she had taken from me, I would be at her level. I guess another thing I can use to summarize my desire for revenge could be shortened to one word: jealousy.
I was jealous. Someone like her, who probably didn’t work as hard as I had done, was getting things handed to her while I toiled and sweated for the success I had achieved.
After she had humiliated me in the garden at the medical school, I met her several more times to see if I could get her to change her attitude toward me and the others who were slightly bothered, but she kept on singing to us that we were beneath her.
I must admit that despite everything she did, a part of me was drawn to her. When I would try reasoning with her, she’d quickly find ways to crush my spirit. I was frustrated and honestly thought that she deserved to be taught a lesson.
That was why I was in Richmond: to make her learn that she wasn’t always going to be at the top or hold positions, where she could make people do exactly as she wanted.
“Now, do I disappear? Or I should wait for her to wake up?” I asked myself. “I should probably wait.”
Tabitha
My body wasn’t hurting this time. I still felt refreshed just like the other time. I turned to my side and found him seated, his phone in hand. I quickly sat upright, grabbed the phone, and rushed to open the gallery, but they were mostly pictures of dogs and cakes.
“Well, good morning to you too,” Bruce greeted.
“I’m sorry, I…”
“You don’t have to apologize. I’m the one who startled you by having it in my hand,” he explained.
“Oh I…” I stopped and sighed. “What are you still doing here?”
“I thought the plan was for me to sleep over,” he answered.
“Yes, but normally in situations like this, when I wake up, you should be long gone,” I explained. “I mean you did it once, what’s so different this time around?”
“I don’t know honestly,” he answered as he stepped out of the bed. “I apologize for the inconvenience.”
“Yeah, sure,” I sighed. “Just have your shower and…” I stopped talking as I noticed his morning wood. I looked away immediately; the Lord knew I wasn’t going to stop myself once I got started.
“Just have your shower, for goodness sake,” I said, “and go.”
“You don’t have to yell,” he sighed. “Jeez you never…”
I felt bad.
Wait, why am I feeling bad? I gave him a bed and everything, and the least he could do was leave for the hospital as early as possible.
But I still felt bad. That was no way to talk to him. I made a mental note to apologize once he had stepped out of the shower. He didn’t have to come over the previous night and only did it to humor me. Yet, there I was trying to berate him.
I noticed him putting on his things.
“Wait, aren’t you going to have a shower first?” I asked.
“Boss, you’ll have to forgive me,” he replied. “I’m not comfortable bathing elsewhere. I’ll just do it at my place.”
