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“I’ll explain the different last name another time. First, tell me what they are saying about me.”
“All kinds of stuff, like you are not nice.” She smirks. “Some think you’re dead since no one has seen you in months. Others say you can’t walk is the reason no one has heard from you. There are no pictures of you anywhere in the store or around. Guess it all got pulled down. I’ve heard it all, like maybe you’re amputated or deformed or, worse, dead.”
“What do you think?” I ask, waiting for the real opinion that matters to me.
“I think the only half-truth is you are grumpy and mean when upset. I have nicknamed your evil twin GET,” she says, making me laugh “If you can control GET, then everything said about you is a lie, except the grumpy default.” She nods, confirming to herself that she has found a solution to end the gossip.
“What is GET, Jade” I want her to only see good when it comes to me.
“Grumpy Evil Twin,” I laugh. “See, it’s perfect. You yell at your nurses and most times are just grumpy, especially when you don’t get your way.”
If only she knew her opinion is all that matters to me. She doesn’t know it but long as she sits with me my evil twin will always be caged.
“So, how can we help me to keep GET locked up.” Chin up, index finger tapping her chin, side eyeing me like she’s seriously thinking about this. Though I see the mischief in those brown eyes and taunting lashes.
“You can control GET by being nice and trying not to release the ugly side of you all the time. Kind of like putting a leash on the beast.” I laugh at the way she’s telling me to put a leash on my imaginary beastly twin. None of the women I’d dated in the past had the guts to tell me, yet this sixteen-year-old girl tells me, and I’m smitten rather than upset. More importantly, I want to lock GET up just to please her.
Her opinion matters to me.
“Okay, I’ll work on that.” The beauty of us is the fact she’s seen every ugly thing about me and she’s not running. I smile inwardly. Miracles do happen when you least expect them. Jurea, my ex, broke up with me after she saw me angry. She couldn’t stand it. I’d unleashed on her incompetent assistant, who had cried, then quit, which upset Jurea.
Jade saw my anger; she stayed calm through it. However, she expressed her dislike for my outburst later, and I’ll do everything to keep from ever releasing my beast around her.
“Also, you can try calling your friends back. No man is an island. We all need our friends. I doubt I would be happy if Tito refused to speak with me.”
“I’ll think about it.”
“You’ve been saying that for months and you haven’t called them back. I’m starting to think you are the bad friend and not them.”
“Aren’t you a pushy lady today?” He smirks.
“Just calling you out on your not-so-friendly manners, Prince Naseer.” She smirks.
“Fine, I promise to call Brian tomorrow.” She immediately put her hand out.
I look at her. “Let’s shake on it to seal your promise.”
I chuckle and shake her hand. That feels so soft and small in mine. Looking at her, I know I can’t deny her anything. I’ll give her the world just to have her smiling at me.
After she left, I pondered on her words that I’m the bad friend because if they didn’t want to see me, they wouldn’t keep calling. Since I promised Jade and shook on it. I’m going to call my friends back and control GET.
NASEER
Jadeishere,visitingright on schedule. I’ve had a rough morning. I should have told her to leave and come back tomorrow, then I remember tomorrow is Friday. She only stops by after the group work. I won’t see her for the next three days and Monday is a holiday, which means it will be four days. I have become accustomed to visiting and enjoying her company, but today I’m in pain, nothing is easing my grip, and the surge emanating from every part of my body. My bones are feeling sore like they were slowly cracking within my body. I know my bones aren’t cracking, but it sure feels that way. The pain is excruciating.
“How can I ease your pain, your highness?” The nurses ask in a soft tone like their tone is going to ease my pain or make the pain snap away. Even more damning is the look of despair on Jade’s face. I’d pressed the button for the nurse, and she knows the moment she sees my face.
“Get out!” They can’t ease the pain; they can’t give me any more medication. Their asking is just ridiculous. The drugs will kick in, but it’s going to take a while. “Get the fuck out! I don’t want to see you.”
I hear the door close. My pain continues to emanate. I feel cold but I’m covered in blankets, and it doesn’t ease the cold or the bone-cracking pain I feel.
I scream out loud and in comes my nurse again. “What can I do to help, Prince Naseer?”
“Nothing. How much longer before I get the next dose? This pain is killing me.”
“I’m sure it is, but your Highness, more medicine might ease the pain now, but it won’t help you in the long run. If you become addicted to the meds. We need your body to do some of the work without medication.”
“Stop telling me what I know. I need the medicine now!” I shouted out loud.
