The Doctor's Obsession

And be with him.

What makes me happy now will hurt him later.

But i can't help it.

I'll definitely go to hell.

- Eun Wan

Anna pov :

Drowning in the darkness & misery that was what I was feeling right now. I unconsciously wrapped by arms around my body just to let the heaviness in my heart go away. As if I would be safe again. But the only difference was that no one was there to protect me. I ones again felt like that little weak fragile girl. Who was lost. Indeed I was lost. Around me people were rushing here and there. No one give me a second thought. Some stopped to stare and moved on with their own business.

A tear of helplessness left my eye. Around me everything & everyone felt so quiet despite the honking of cars & the rush of people. Whispering of people as they gossiped about life, stock market rates, lovers whispering sweet nothing to each other, mothers pulling their crying children. But despite the chaos around me i could only hear my tears hitting the ground like splashes of water. The voices around me so dull and every thing seems to be moving in slow motion. My one tear was followed by other pooling on the ground. Until I was a sobbing mess. Screaming and crying to let the pain out. My vision blurry from all the crying .I was sure my eyes were puffy & red. The place called "Home didn't feel like a safe heaven any more. I was lonely and lost. No one to protect me. No one to comfort me, no one to share my pain with. The friends that I called my family were gone forever. The people that I ones knew who admired me no more there for me. The business associates long forgotten .My only[protector my papa was gone too never to come back. " Papa! Your Annie needs you. Where are you daddy. Daddy come back. Save me? " i whispered pleading to no one in particular .My voice drifted in the howling wind before being carried away. But no one came to hug me and hide me from the sad and dangerous reality. No one came to repair the old wounds that were ones again opened by the one call that made me cover in fear. That threatened my very reason of existence.

Deep down I knew it won't take time for him to find me again after all it was his last words more like a promise to me " My sweet flower I will find you after I am free from this jail. No one can come between you and me sweet Anna. Not even the prison walls can separate us I will find you. You are mine". His words were like a curse. The curse that was my destruction. The old inky memories that i have locked away chained somewhere ones more vivid now as if they were happening now.

When I returned home. It felt like the walls were closing on me. Imprisoning me. I couldn't breath. I was greedily sucking in as much as air as my lungs could afford to take. My body & my feets heavy like they were chained and there was heavy Weight on my shoulders. My head felt dizzy it felt like I had just waken from my sleep but I never did went to sleep. I was crashing into anything that came in my way. Aimlessly walking towards my Washroom. I opened the shower and without getting rid of any article of clothes I sat in the shower. Scrubbing myself with my hands. The water was ice cold after all that day the temperature was too low. But I didn't care I felt nothing but emptiness. My skin red and raw from all the scrubbing. Then I was sobbing again rocking my body slowly as I sat on my heels.

Earlier that day :

I was done for the day. I felt so tired but all the hard work was worth it after all I was a successful business women now and my job demanded handwork, dedication & sacrifices. I had stayed awake last night. Making the presentation that could help me to get another deal. And finally my sacrifice & hard work payed off I was able to get the contract that could allow out company " Lin kin inc ( imaginary name )" to expand its shipping business in India it was a big achievement for me I was sure papa was proud of my accomplishment.

"Good job everyone. Lets celebrate this deal on this Saturday night. I am proud of you people. You all have been so dedicated and helped me to achieve such a great achievement. I am utterly grateful for your loyalty to Lin Kin inc. Good night for today ".

After taking schedules for the meetings on the other day I slipped my coat on & drove home. Putting the car's keys on my table I headed to my kitchen where my landline rested on a table. There were some voice call messages from Stacy who probably wanted to know when will I go dress shopping for graduation ceremony.

Some from my business associates.After replying to all messages I headed to my room. I took a shower and dressed into casual white shirt and some jeans shorts.

As I entered the kitchen to get something to eat before i would head to bed I heard my landline phone ringing nonstop .I got a bad feeling about this .I picked the phone. " Hello whose there? "

"Miss Anna its officer Carrie from central prison"

A lump formed into my throat. Suddenly I start feeling weak to my knees. My body was unable to respond to me .Beads of sweat formed on my forehead despite the cold .My breath shallow and I have to clean my throat in order to let the dryness go away.

" Miss Anna are you there ?"

"Yes I am "

Anna whispered in a weak voice.

"Ma'am I just wanted to inform you that Mike & his friends has been released from prison today. Ma'am if you need any kind of help or there is emergency please do call us we will be available. The police is monitoring actions of the convicts so you don't have to be scared & nothing to worry about. We believe you are secure. We wish you a good night ."

With that Anna slammed the receiver. As if it burned her. She slumped against kitchen wall. Beads of tears rolled down her eyes. Glittering in darkness. Her rapers were free today. Probably out there looking for her to get revenge.

Anna pov

"Urghh really " i rested my head on the car door. I was standing in the middle of the road for quiet a while now. But it looks like i was going to stand here for the whole night.

"Great! Brilliant "I sarcastically muttered to myself. The road was deserted with not a single car in sight. My car has the most funniest time of deserting me on the lone road.

"Damn! Its 1:12 A.m " i cursed looking at my hand watch.

This road was barely used by anyone. Trees and bushes were the only things in my sight.

The only option was to stay in the car for the whole night and wait for any car to arrive or walk on foot. I wasn't going to stay here waiting the whole night. Not the best option for a lone traveler. I inspected the road ahead of me. With a sharp intake of breath I detached myself from my car. After locking it properly and taking out all my important things from the car that consisted of documents, my Gucci bag, a water bottle and my phone I locked the car properly.

Then i started to Jog on the road. Only trees and road came in my sight. The moon was covered by thick blanket of clouds and even the stars looked dull and boring in contrast to the black clouds that littered the sky. People will think why i wasn't using my phone and calling someone well the simple answer is on this uncivilized road no signals were available and I was losing my battery soon. A cold gush of air blew suddenly. I wrapped my arms tightly around myself. The howling wind and blowing leaves made me shiver. " God please help me !I need to get home soon ". I chanted it like a mantra again and again.

"God Anna you ate dumb should have taken the main road ." I was scolding myself for my stupidity. But what has to happen was already done I was repenting my action now and it was too late for that now. The last messages that I received was from Serra.

2 Hours Later :

I was tired of walking and adding to my miseries I was lost .The town that I entered was unknown to me. Nothing looked familiar. I tried to calm myself down but with increasing time my anxiety was increasing too. I didn't realize when the road ended and I was met with a very dark ally. Surprisingly the wind has stopped. I gulped in fear .I had often seen the protagonist in horror movies entering these type of streets and trust me nothing good came out of it. But I was going to take my chances too. I took one shaky breath and let out a humorless laugh.

"I am big brave girl. I can do it I can do it. Wolf living on this street I just came to leave. "I was singing to myself some random things that didn't make any sense. And then with a new found courage and determination I marched in the street.

And guess what this street was more like a maze more streets greeted my sight. Karma would have been totally laughing at me. I screamed in anger. And after stomping my heels on the ground I entered a random street. This street was so dark that i was practically walking Aimlessly hitting into walls .I opened my phone for some sort of lightning my vision was slightly disturbed by some shadowy figure. But as quickly as I saw it the figure disappeared maybe it was my thoughts. Did you ever get this feeling that someone is continuously watching you. Their lingering gazes make your skin itch. You feel uncomfortable and conscious of your surrounding. I didn't wait any longer and quickly turned around and started running. Gone was the care about any of my belongings. I just wanted to get home safely in the protection of my bed. And forget any of this things happened. Finally I managed to get home safely. At the door I was greeted by the questioning looks of gate keepers but I ran past him opened my door quickly and after entering it shut it with a thud behind me as if it will keep the monsters out.

Mike Bradshaw stood outside her apartment and looked at her window before disappearing in the shadows. "Very soon my sweet flower very soon " he whispered a unspoken promise to the howling wind as his cloak figure disappeared in the dark night chuckling and whistling.

Holden knight a famous doctor and surgeon by profession. With Greek god looks a perfect and sharp jawline. A million dollar smile and, the cute dimples that could charm any girl to lose their hearts and much more. A body worth drooling for. With perfectly ripped muscles and a tanned body. His eyes had very unique color "the color of melted honey " .He was every girl's dream. He was your kind of guy "tall, dark and handsome as hell ". And he enjoyed every moment of it.

Holden was working continuously for 11 hours now. All he needed was a little rest and peace. King Edward Memorial hospital was one of the top and best hospital and he enjoyed working here. Today here it was his last day of work and he was leaving for New York tomorrow. 5 years of hard work the patients, doctors and staff were like a family to him now and the idea that he was leaving for home after having the honor to spend some of the most memorable moments with them made him sad and disappointed. He was surely going to miss them he was so sure of that everyone has been so amazing, kind and supportive of him. He ordered a hot cup of freshly brewed coffee for himself. Then settled for on one of the less noisy and crowded place of the cafeteria. He was rudely interrupted by the continuous ringing of his iPhone.

"Wow! Finally the world is coming to an end "he muttered to himself he was annoyed at the fact that he never get to have his personal time and when he do he was often interrupted.

"The other person is really busy and need a bit of peace " he added sarcastically.

" Hello to you too player " he rolled his eyes in annoyance. Stacy McQueen had this weird habit of calling him with not -so -awesome -names.

" I heard about your and Brandon breakup Stacy are you all right ?" he asked her out of no where as she was telling him about her recent shopping sprees.

"It wasn't that bad one day we both wake up to finally come to the conclusion we fell out of love and the best thing at the moment was breaking up. He found someone and I have goals to look forward to. So yeah I am absolutely fine and free". He could tell that Stacy no matter how much she try to hide it from him was stressed she really have wanted the relationship with Brandon work and some how he knew she blamed herself for the breakup. He have know Stacy for most part of his life and he knew that no mater how brave and unaffected she tried to sound she never got over the breakup. There was silence on both ends and finally when Stacy spoke Holden wished she never asked him that question.

" Hows Chang? " Stacy sounded reluctant to as the way her voice cracked. Both the ends stayed quite for sometimes trying to measure how to move forward without causing any more damage to the way there conversation has taken a turn .Holden has given his best to bring both best friends together at least if that wasn't possible at least to make them talk like two civil people. So far his job as a peacemaker was all in vain because two people who ones were so inseparable were now so distant that how much force he put into decreasing this distant he was the only one at loss. It drained his energy just to think about what happened to the bond the trio had ones and now it was fading away because of two people who were so stubborn and egoistic to accept and move on. Chang wasn't ready to make peace and Stacy out of her ego never wanted to talk to Chang He finally came to conclusion if not make two people at the same time start seeing their mistakes how about the most approachable one and that was none other then Stacy. He felt bad truly - bad for pointing his fingers at her and accuse her for something she has done to save so many people future. But his hands were tied. Tied with that promise he has done to her a long time ago to help her no matter if she was right in the situation or wrong.

"Why don't you ask him yourself. You of all people did mess up his life after all. Look Stacy I know it was our elders fault too they should have been understanding of you and I know the aspect of marriage at the time when you were head over heel for Brandon and had no feeling for Chang I know you think of him as your best friend only and marrying him would have been mistake but the way you guys reacted that wasn't completely acceptable. Stacy I know you didn't feel the same way and he is your best friend only but you left him to deal with all the mess alone you left him when he need you by his side and when he was feeling so low. You messed up big times and then he was left to face the audience. Did you see the media frenzy that was created. The news was all over the social media and Chang lost too much just because you didn't think straight ".

""I know --look I am sorry I didn't think straight but its not my mistake. Holden please try to understand my point of view. Dad, mom everyone they left me to deal with it but you are my best friend you have to understand I loved someone else and I had so many dreams how could I just accept what the elders wanted me to do and threw away my chances. Please Holden talk to him tell him I am sorry. Can't we all change everything to what it previously was like. Can't we move on. I am guilty till today for what happened - I-I indeed am and I repent my actions and decisions till now ".

Holden rubbed his temples in frustration ."Look Stacy I will try my best. I can't promise you for the good news but still I will try to help my level best ".Then he quickly changed the topic there was no need of beating over the past and he was already feeling miserable about the situation.Holden Knight never liked the situations where his hands were tied

"What are you doing today ?" he asked her to divert her attention from such tense conversation.

"Oh me just thinking about shopping. You know me and Anna are going for shopping. We are going to have this grand party for the opening of my new boutique and i want to be the center of the party. "Holden rolled his eyes typical Stacy she loved to be the center of everyone attention. Then his mind drifted to Anna and their last meeting. It confused him to no end how the mention of her name was enough to take his mind back to a certain beautiful Burnett. A slight smile crossed his lips.

" Holden I gotta go now I have to go for shopping and Anna is going crazy honking her car like the crazy person she is. She is the most impatient person on this earth I swear to God. "Holden smirked on the other hand he heard Stacy cursing under her breath and shuffling before he cut the call.

"So what made you smile Doctor. "Chang was standing by my table clutching his files in one hand as he held his coffee cup with other one. "Nothing " I simply and focused on my coffee.

" Your girlfriend ?"he raised his eyebrows questioningly at me he expected me to start answering now and I know he won't like what I will tell him.

"Nah I discarded her, she was annoying"I said nonchalantly.To be honest I was just trying to buy sometime before revealing the identity of the caller. Chang rolled his eyes and made himself comfortable on one of the chair beside mine still his eyes were focused on my face as if trying to read my face. He won't stay at peace till he got the answer that he was fully expecting.

"So who was it exactly ?" As much as I didn't want to drive him away I knew I could never lie to him. He could see through my lies so easily just like you can see through a glass. The other reason was that if I lied to him about it it makes it difficult for him to trust me later Chang believed everything I told him and to him I was the only person who was his confidence only person now whom he can talk to about anything. After Stacy left him for Brandon I have seen Chang at his worst I have seen his tantrums I have seen him pushing his family and friends away. Chang was never good with showing his emotions and especially the only girl who you loved forever and still do rejects you for someone else the betrayal that you feel it not the best feeling that you want to experience.

"Stacy " he stayed quite it was his most obvious reaction whenever I mentioned her name. We both tried to keep our self busy, me with my coffee and him as he looked at his files his hands were clutched on the side of his table and lost their color I could see a storm of emotions brewing in him.

"She said she was sorry" He stopped writing on the file "tell her the damage is done and its better if you guys don't discuss me ever again ." With that he walked away not before discarding his half filled coffee cup in the nearest dustbin .His posture so stiff and rigid. his one hand balled into fist and the other clutching his poor files with so much anger that his fingers turned paper white. I took a sharp intake of breath "Well that went so well I muttered to myself ". I was walking back to tell the head doctor I was going to clear my desk. Maria greeted me she was very sweet she was the intern here.

"Hello doctor "she was smiling like everyday I have never seen her sad or tired. She was that bubbly over enthusiastic girl that I have know for 3 month. She unlike other interns came early and on time and was always persistent to learn something new everyday she reminded of myself in my intern years and for ones I knew Maria was going to reach heights and she was going to have a very successful career just like I have achieved.

"Hello Maria".I smiled at her warmly and then walked to Dr Wales office. He was the head doctor of the hospital. He along with his wife Sarah Wales were running the hospital. Both were renounced doctors and very passionate about their work. I truly admired Dr Wales he was a very charming and dedicated man. He was the reason I got the job in this hospital. As for Dr Sarah she was the women of principle and always supportive of her husband together both were a power couple and I have always seen them pushing each other to their best. They understood each other so well and never let each other fall down that it reminded me of my mother and I wished she was here to see me as I dedicated my life to my patients and my work. I knew she was proud of me and that thought drove me to my best.

Then i entered Dr.Wale's office. "Holden" he signaled me over. "So you are leaving. Doctor it was an honor to work with you " he said shaking my hand enthusiastically.I could see pride in his eyes and I thanked God for bring me to such heights of my career.

" Indeed Doctor the pleasure will be all mine I learned so much from you and everything that you have done for me. I won't ever forget that. Please someday when you visit New York please do visit my place."

"Sure sure Doctor I will never hesitate to accept your hospitality. Before you leave please for ones have a cup of tea with me and all thanks to you today we were able to tackle all the chaos at the hospital. Dr Seldon have to leave for some family emergency. He called me and informed me his mother died and he have to attend the funeral. thanks to you that you came to the hospital and took his place otherwise I don't know how we would have controlled all the chaos at the hospital Mondays are the most busiest days of all and missing on hospital staff is something we can't afford at least not on this particular day ."

Holden smiled it was common for him to take the place of any missing doctor on his holidays. After all humanity is more important than holidays.

When he left the hospital building he had this feeling that he was going to New York with a far more important purpose. At that time he wasn't aware what destiny was planning for him. And how the dimension of his life was going to change forever. HE was going to New york as God has planned for him.