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"What are you saying?" I asked in horror.
"Let's just stop. Whatever this is, let's stop," she insisted.
"Why? Because he's back in your life?" I asked trying to contain my anger.
"No. He's just a friend now. I can't deny the fact that he has hurt me severely before," she repeated the same thing. "But you…you're acting very strange. And I don't want it to make what's left of our friendship, any more bitter."
Lies. She was lying. People that are just friends don't look at each other the way they did. How could she say the same things he said without having to speak with him? Did they think I was some kind of a joke to have a good laugh or something?
"Fine. I'm going back to Maryland," I said and turned to leave.
This was definitely not over.
Chapter twenty-three
The True Twin (Part Two)
Natasha
Cutting things off with Lawrence made me feel a lot better. Once the event in France came to an end, Ian left immediately. We resumed our back and forth texting, but there were still things that I wanted to sort out. My feelings for the technically four men that I was involved with.
Lawrence was my creepy childhood friend. Ethan Sullivan was my hero in medical school, and I still wasn't sure what my feelings for him were. It couldn't have just been admiration. I had thought about doing different things with him and I pictured various scenarios involving him.
Then there was Ethan (false) he reminded me a lot of a side of Ethan I was drawn to in medical school. Yes, he was clumsy, but there was this maturity with the way he handled things. And that was the side of Ian I fell in love with at Glen Allen.
Then Ian, the true false twin. He didn't treat me like a goddess, or princess, worshipping the ground I stepped on and didn't even expect me to be good at a lot of things. With the short time, I spent with him, I had learned a lot of things that I missed out on both as a kid and as an adult.
But he had hurt me. I hurt him in return by not being decisive, so I wanted to make sure my feelings were in order. With Lawrence out of the way, I decided to make a stop at Glen Allen.
Ethan's wife was having a special event at her hospital, and Ethan was her partner business and marital whiz, so he was going to be there for sure. My only concern was if he was going to be willing to give me a listening ear.
Glen Allen was a small community but at the same time, it felt big. Finding the hospital wasn't that hard, considering it had become a popular spot for patients from neighbouring communities.
I found a place to park and made my way into the building. A lot of staff were around attending to patients, but there didn't seem to be any sort of emergency. There was an older man talking to one of the patients; he seemed friendly and looked like he worked there.
"Good day, sir," I called out to him. "Sorry to bother you."
"It's no problems," he said with a smile. "How may I help you?"
"I'm looking for Dr. Ethan Sullivan. I heard he's here today," I explained.
"Oh, he's my son-in-law, and currently in his wife's office," he replied then pointed in the direction. "Just down that way and find the door with 'Dr. Sullivan' written on it."
"Thank you so much sir," I said and followed his direction.
I found the door and knocked.
"Come in," a woman responded.
I opened the door and let myself in. Ethan was there playing with his son, while his wife was reading throughout some patients' files. They both turned to look at me. I half expected that they'd be upset to see me, considering what had happened the last time, but they remained calm.
"Oh, hi, Natasha," his wife was the first to greet me. "Fancy seeing you in these parts."
"Hola, Dr. James," Ethan greeted and used his son's hand to wave at me.
"Good day, pleasure to meet you both, and the fine gentleman too," I said to them.
"Something tells me you're here to see,him,"Stacy said.
