{"id":3158,"date":"2017-12-07T05:19:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T05:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/?p=3158"},"modified":"2023-02-14T21:44:24","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T02:44:24","slug":"doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-forty-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/doctor-patient-confidentiality-chapter-forty-five\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor-Patient Confidentiality: Chapter Forty-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"

He sets me down gently, and the cold concrete floor beneath my feet is both a welcoming feeling because of its familiarity and also an unpleasant shove back into my reality which the man towering above me is not\u2014and hindi pwede<\/em>\u2014be a part of.<\/span><\/p>\n

I start to speak. \u201cListen\u2014\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI know why you were there,\u201d he says, cutting off my attempt at an explanation. I\u2019d be pissed that he just cut me off if his voice wasn\u2019t so calm\u2014gentle, even.<\/span><\/p>\n

I raise an eyebrow. \u201cYou\u2026you do?\u201d I blink a few times, unsure of his sudden change of tone on the matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t take a rocket scientist to figure out that you obviously need the money,\u201d he says. \u201cI saw how desperate you looked when I told you about the endoscopy. When I saw you tonight, I knew it had to be the reason why.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

I frown. \u201cThen why did you react the way you did earlier if you knew I was doing this out of desperation?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He sighs, running a hand through his full hair. \u201cI don\u2019t know. I guess I was just shocked to see you there,\u201d he says. \u201cYou just don\u2019t seem like the type to resort to something like that so I was sort of taken aback. Plus, you\u2019re Danny\u2019s sister, and you may not understand it, but I feel like I have a responsibility toward you because of that. But I do apologize if what I\u2019d said made you feel bad.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel my expression fall at that admission. I\u2019m not sure what I expected him to say, but hearing that this is all about Danny is only pissing me off. I cross my arms over my chest in anger and put on an obviously forged smile.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWell, the good news is that you don\u2019t have to feel responsible for me. Danny certainly doesn\u2019t, so there\u2019s no need for you to,\u201d I say bitterly, even though the smile is still glued to my lips. \u201cPlus, Danny doesn\u2019t exactly think of me as his sister, so yeah. But hey, not to worry,\u201d I make a dramatic gesture with my hands, \u201cI\u2019m pretty sure his real <\/em>sister, Jennifer, wouldn\u2019t mind having you around and feeling responsible <\/em>for her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

My tone is so sour I can\u2019t even believe it\u2019s coming out of my mouth. Why am I getting so upset?<\/span><\/p>\n

Frost doesn\u2019t try to get a rebuttal or anything. I hand him back his jacket and he simply bids me goodnight. I watch him walk over to his car before I break my gaze from him forever. But just as I\u2019m about to walk through my door, I remember something.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHey,\u201d I call out, quickly turning back to him once more. He looks at me from the side of his car, towering over the gorgeous compact vehicle. \u201cBefore that McGraw dude interrupted us, you said you wouldn\u2019t tell my grandmother about tonight on one condition,\u201d I say. \u201cWhat is it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He continues to look at me for a moment, his eyes assessing, as if they\u2019re trying to analyze something. Suddenly, a small, almost arrogant grin creeps its way onto his full lips, pulling on one side of his mouth mischievously.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ll find out soon enough,\u201d is all he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

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He sets me down gently, and the cold concrete floor beneath my feet is both a welcoming feeling because of its familiarity and also an unpleasant shove back into my reality which the man towering above me is not\u2014and cannot\u2014be a part of. I start to speak. \u201cListen\u2014\u201d \u201cI know why you were there,\u201d he says, cutting off my attempt at an explanation. I\u2019d be pissed that he just cut me off if his voice wasn\u2019t so calm\u2014gentle, even. I raise an eyebrow. \u201cYou\u2026you do?\u201d I blink a few times,… 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-3158","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\/3158","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=3158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3158\/revisions"}],"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=3158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3158"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emendedhearts.com\/tl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}