{"id":13781,"date":"2024-11-11T18:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=13781"},"modified":"2024-11-11T18:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T23:58:24","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-two-hundred-and-nineteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-two-hundred-and-nineteen\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter Two Hundred and Nineteen"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trust me.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

I look at him. Searching his eyes. Or perhaps I\u2019m just searching my mind. For the latest signs of psychosis. Because, of all the insane things he\u2019s said to me, that is, by far, the<\/i> most insane. I want to tell him I trust him as far as I can throw him. But then\u2026that would be a lie, wouldn\u2019t it? If I didn\u2019t trust him on some<\/i> level, I never would have agreed to come into this pool knowing I can\u2019t swim. Or let him teach me how. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nah<\/i>. It\u2019s not him I trust. Maybe not even his hands. It\u2019s his pragmatic sense. It wouldn\u2019t do him any good to let me drown. \u201cThat would be inconvenient, Ramona. Not to mention, it would end our agreement rather prematurely.\u201d<\/i> I could totally picture him saying that.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, he gestures towards the buoy. \u201cTry mounting it,\u201d he instructs, his voice low and husky. \u201cIt\u2019ll help you get used to the feeling of being supported by the water.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I eye the large white float with a mix of trepidation and curiosity. It bobs gently on the surface, looking deceptively stable. \u201cAre you sure about this?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cJust try it,\u201d he says, his gaze lingering on my face.<\/span><\/p>\n

I take a deep breath and let him float us towards the buoy, the water cool against my skin. I reach out, my hands gripping the smooth plastic. It wobbles precariously, threatening to tip me over.<\/span><\/p>\n

He steadies me, his hands firm on my waist. \u201cHere,\u201d he murmurs, guiding me closer. \u201cLift your leg.\u201d<\/p>\nJoin us or log in to read more.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trust me. I look at him. Searching his eyes. Or perhaps I\u2019m just searching my mind. For the latest signs of psychosis. Because, of all the insane things he\u2019s said to me, that is, by far, the most insane. I want to tell him I trust him as far as I can throw him. But then\u2026that would be a lie, wouldn\u2019t it? If I didn\u2019t trust him on some level, I never would have agreed to come into this pool knowing I can\u2019t swim. Or let him teach me how…. Magbasa pa<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[96],"tags":[],"series":[99],"class_list":["post-13781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary-2","series-doctor-patient-confidentiality"],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-1024x341.jpg","blog_images":{"medium":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-300x100.jpg","large":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/DPC-Wattpad-Header-1024x341.jpg"},"ams_acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13782,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13781\/revisions\/13782"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2990"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13781"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=13781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}