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Not hurting his pocket, I’m sure he doesn’t care about that, anyway. He’s been running a private practice for decades and was the director of the OB-GYN unit in a reputable hospital. He’s lectured in front of thousands of doctors and published dozens of articles on his research.
He’s set for life with no wife or kids to share the wealth with.
The blow to his ego is what gets me off. He came after me, and he failed. And he, the invincible Dr. Fox, is revolted by the concept of losing.
He deserves it, moreover after what he’s planned to do to Prue. I don’t know what yet, but I have every intention of finding out.
That and how he found out I was dating Prue, who her nefarious dad was, and the ways to contact him.
Yeah, he’s going to tell me everything. And unlike the last time, I’m going to record every word that comes out of his despicable mouth.
Then we’re going to play, him and me.
It’s going to be a night he won’t forget anytime soon.
My fist slams on his door another three times, rattling the heavy wood.
“One second,” my old mentor says, the sound of his feet shuffling permeates from inside the house. “No need to wake up the entire goddamn neighborhood.”
To think I used to admire the bass of his voice, the authority in it. I despise it now. Now, and for the longest time, I’ve wanted to throttle him so he wouldn’t speak another word ever again.
“Who’s there?” With him closer, his voice betrays his age. The ten years I haven’t seen him. There’s a slight crack in his tone, a mild shiver that hasn’t been there before.
Fuck pitying him. He won’t see an ounce of mercy from me.
The days of him playing his sick games are over.
No one threatens what’s mine and gets away with it.
“Open up, Jason.” I don’t mention my name. Don’t have to. “You’ve been busy sticking your repulsive nose into my business for a while now. It’s time we talked about boundaries, don’t you think?”
“Go away, Theo.”
“No, I don’t think I’m going anywhere.” Leaning closer to the door, I say in my most menacing voice, “Unless you want your new neighbors to hear they live next to a sexual predator. Let’s see how that works out for you.”
A lock turns. Another one. And the door is being pulled open.
There he is, in all his nauseating glory. My old mentor. The devil himself.
Prue’s sweet face—the woman I’m doing this for—flashes through my mind.
I remember her at our first meeting that I choreographed at the pool. I stalked her, rented an apartment in her building, and pretended I was just another new neighbor.
I see her on my exam room table, being such a good girl for me.
How she moaned for me in her sleep.
For the millionth time, I worry I might be like him.
But I’m not. No.
I might’ve slithered my way into her life. I might’ve misused the safe space of my clinic. And I’m still in the wrong for not confessing to her about what I’d done to her over all those nights.
And yet, I’m nothing like him. Prue and I, we’re different. Our love has never been meant to be the Hallmark type. Our romance isn’t your uncomplicated story of boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, they kiss, hold hands, and live their happily ever after ending.
Each of us is damaged,unique. We love each other.
We were meant to be.
