{"id":3123,"date":"2017-12-03T17:20:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T17:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2023-02-14T03:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T08:12:37","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-thirty-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/de\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-thirty-six\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter Thirty-Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I exhale deeply, breathing out a long sigh of relief as I close the door behind me. My eyes drift close for a moment, and I try to breathe normally, coaxing my frantic heart to slow down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The restroom is quiet, and I realize that except for me and my rapidly thumping heart, it\u2019s completely vacant. I find solace in the recluse space, thanking my stars that I\u2019m the only one here so I don\u2019t have to deal with an audience witnessing me have a mini panic attack.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The area is huge, just like everything else in this place. I could pretty much live here! I suppose it\u2019s only fitting to have mansion-appropriate restrooms in a mansion. I walk over to one of many long mirrors lined up above an array of sinks and dispensers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Each compartment even has its own blow dryer, fresh towels, and an assortment of hygiene and cosmetic products that look quite expensive. I look more closely, and my heart immediately sinks like the world\u2019s heaviest anchor as my eyes fall on something I wish they hadn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Condoms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Lots and lots of condoms; in lots of different sizes, packaging, and flavors. There are even <em>mouth <\/em>condoms in there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Immediately, unwelcomed images of the men downstairs run through my mind, their knowing looks, lusty smiles and lecherous eyes all zoning in on me, and I feel the bitter foretaste of bile that\u2019s threatening to make its way up my suddenly constricted throat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I quickly avert my eyes as the troubling thoughts start to take over. I avoid looking at the stack of multicolored foil squares as my shaky fingers grip both edges of the sink, willing myself to not cry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Dies <em>kippen <\/em>be my life. It just\u2026can\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I want to kick myself in the head with these gigantic heels. How the <em>H\u00f6lle <\/em>had I agreed to any of this?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I take more deep breaths, although I\u2019m not sure how effective they\u2019re being right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I give myself one of my mental pep-talks in order to calm my nerves.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>It\u2019ll be okay. It&#8217;ll be okay. It&#8217;ll be okay\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Once I&#8217;m done talking myself out of ditching this joint and sprinting all the way back home, I reapply my lipstick and smooth my hair, pinning back a few rogue spirals with a large bobby pin.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As I do my finishing touches, one of the stall doors open, and I immediately go bug-eyed when I see a woman&#8217;s reflection behind me come into view in the long mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>Ho. Ly. Shit\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">My body instantly whips itself around to face the owner of the reflection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;<em>Gina<\/em>?!&#8221; I blurt her name a lot louder than I mean to. Seeing her startles me, and for a second, I think I&#8217;m hallucinating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">She&#8217;s equally startled, her eyes wide and her mouth open even though nothing comes out of it for several seconds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Her dark brown eyes search mine frantically, while darting left and right over my shoulder as if to make sure no one else is here. Her rapid blinking and shallow breaths are dead giveaways of someone caught doing something or being somewhere they shouldn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Her chestnut hair looks longer than usual, falling in big, loose waves around her face. I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re extensions, but they frame her petite frame well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">She\u2019s wearing gold earrings and a watch that look like they could pay my rent for the rest of my life. She\u2019s all glammed and dolled up, a lot more than usual. Her presence here can only make sense if\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>No fucking <\/em>Weg<em>!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Despite my disbelief, it all quickly clicks in my head.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;Ramona\u2026&#8221; she finally says, seemingly unable to voice much more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I, on the other hand, can&#8217;t keep my mouth shut. &#8220;Y-you\u2026you&#8217;re a\u2026you&#8217;re a <em>Rainbow girl<\/em>?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I wouldn&#8217;t have been able to hide my reaction if I\u2019d tried\u2014though I\u2019m not even sure what I feel more of; utter surprise, or straight-up disbelief.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The sight of her here, knowing that she&#8217;s in this building right now working as another call girl, is <em>beyond <\/em>shocking. This day seriously can&#8217;t get any more bizarre!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Just then, the door swings open. Both Gina and I turn to see two girls waltzing in, their heels clicking haughtily against the marble floor. They look nothing alike save for the fake platinum blonde hair they\u2019re both sporting. I immediately recognize one of them from the meeting on Tuesday, the one who stormed out of the lounge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">They\u2019re lost in their own little conversation until they realize they\u2019re not alone. They finally look our way, giving Gina and I once overs, almost as if they\u2019re sizing us up.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">One of them\u2014the one I recognize\u2014smiles at me, although you can clearly tell its disingenuous, while the other eyes me up and down again a few times before rolling her eyes and resuming her conversation with her counterpart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><em>What the fuck is <\/em>their <em>problem?<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I can only give Gina a quizzical look, silently asking her the same question. She just exhales, giving them an eye-roll of her own, but she remains silent. I think she\u2019s just eager for them to leave so that we can resume our conversation\u2014or whatever it is we were having before they interrupted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">The blondes fix themselves up in front of the mirrors, applying and reapplying perfume and lipstick and adjusting their tight dresses to show even more cleavage than they did before. From the looks of it now, they\u2019d be lucky to go ten seconds without being the center of attention for a nip slip. Then again, maybe that\u2019s the plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">After a few more minutes of unnecessary grooming\u2014more like overkill, to be honest\u2014the blondie pair finally head out the door, taking their giggles and big silicon chests along with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">As soon as they leave, Gina reaches for me and hastily grabs my hand, and her voice leaves her throat in a stream of desperation. &#8220;Please don&#8217;t tell Bill! <em>Oder <\/em>Trixie!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I\u2019m so shocked, I don\u2019t even know what to say. I just keep looking at her, blinking several times as I try to process the fact that I\u2019m standing in a stranger\u2019s restroom with friggin\u2019 <em>Gina <\/em>Walters\u2014someone who couldn\u2019t be more different from me\u2014because we apparently have more in common than I could have ever imagined. I just didn\u2019t think being call girls would be one of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">God, this is just\u2026unbelievable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">I guess what they say is true. It really <em>Ist<\/em> a small world, after all.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">***<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I exhale deeply, breathing out a long sigh of relief as I close the door behind me. 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