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A Biologist’s Cure for Heartbreak Prologue
Alexia’s POV “How can you say something like that?” I asked the arrogant and infuriating man sitting across from me. He sat there looking at me for a moment before giving me an answer. “What would you like for me to say, Lexi? That I’ll just go and tell my Commander that I don’t want to go. Do you think that would work?” I shook my head trying to keep the tears that were threatening to fall down my cheeks, from doing so. “I don’t know, Brandon. I know that you can’t tell him that, but I wish that you didn’t have to go. I don’t know how I am going to handle not being able to talk to you any time I want to.” Brandon stood up and came to sit beside me. “I get it, Lex. I do, but I have my orders. We knew that it could happen eventually. It’s been a year and a half since I joined. You know that. I’ll call and write every chance that I get. You’re my best friend and no amount of time or distance will ever change that.” “I’m going to miss you so much. I better be the second call that y
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Alexia’s POV ‘Breathe. Just Breathe.’ I thought to myself as I started getting ready for my day. This was going to be one of those days that could either be one of the best days of my life, or one of the worst. I slowly made my way into my bathroom to take a shower. I had no clue what I was going to wear or what I was going to do with my long auburn hair. I was determined to make an impression that was going to last a lifetime. I finished my shower, wrapped a towel around my hair, put on my robe, and then headed towards my closet. As I was looking at my lackluster clothing options, I decided to wear my black pinstriped pant-suit, emerald green silk blouse, and my black kitten heels. After curling my hair, putting on a little bit of makeup, and getting dressed, I checked out my appearance in my full-length mirror. “Wow.” I mumbled out loud. I hardly even recognized the woman looking back at me. My auburn locks looked like a waterfall cascading down and stopping just above the small
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Brandon’s POV My day started out like any other day. I showered, got dressed, had my breakfast, and then went into my office to start going over the resumes for the applicants that were interviewing for a position at my research lab. Two of my buddies, Mark and Thomas, and I started this lab after we got back home from overseas. They were the brains and I was the money. Well until I decided that I was tired of only being the money. So, I decided to go back to school and finish getting my degree to become a bioengineer. On my way into the office, I started thinking about Mark and Thomas. We met overseas in Iraq. We were bunkmates while we were on our first tour. We got sent back stateside after our convoy got ambushed on our way back to our base. Out of twenty-four men in our convoy that day, only seven made it back home. To say that the three of us had a bond that most wouldn’t understand, would be an understatement. When I got back home, I wasn’t the same person that I was when
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Alexia’s POV I opened the door to my apartment, knowing that my mother would already be inside waiting for me. The last person I expected to see sitting in my living room with her was Brandon’s mother, Helen. As our gazes met, the onslaught of emotions that rushed to the surface overwhelmed me once again. I could no longer hold back the sobs that I had been fighting from the moment that I laid my eyes on Brandon. My mother and Helen both got up from where they were seated on my couch to rush to my side. They both radiated love and concern. “Come sit down, dear.” I heard Helen say in such a way that made me sob even harder, but I followed her and my mother to my couch and sat down between them. I sat there and cried until I couldn’t cry any longer. My mom was the first one to break the silence. “Alexia, I need you to tell us what happened? Did you not get the job?” “No. I got the job.” I mumbled while I fiddled with my hands. Helen and my mother looked at each other quizzically
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Brandon’s POV I opened my office door and walked in. I went over to the couch that I had slept on many nights in the past. I was so caught up on replaying Lexi’s words in my head, that I didn’t even notice that Teddy was sitting in one of the chairs at my desk. “Uhm, Boss?” He asked cautiously. I jerked my head up to look at him. “Teddy, I didn’t realize that you were in here. Is there something that I can help you with?” He watched me for a moment trying to gauge what kind of mood I was in. “No, I just wanted to make sure to remind you that you have that meeting with the pharmaceutical rep at 1:30.” “See if you can reschedule it for later this week. Tell them that there was an emergency with one of the computer systems that we use to run the pre-trials.” I said without a second of hesitation. Teddy gave me a curt nod as he walked towards my office door. “Yes, sir. I will let you know the new day and time.” He shut the door behind him. I laid my head back down and closed my eye
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Alexia’s POV I laid in my bed trying to get to sleep. I sent mom and Helen home not too long after I got off the phone with Brandon. I wasn’t in the mood for company and just wanted to take a shower and go to sleep. Now all I wanted was for my brain to shut off and allow sleep to take over, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what Brandon meant. How was he broken? He seemed like the same old arrogant jerk that I remember. I can’t deny the haunted look that I saw in his eye though. It looks so similar to the one that I see when I look at myself in the mirror. I wasn’t sure when I finally drifted off to sleep, but I woke up around four crying and soaked with sweat. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep, so I got up and started stripping the sheets off my bed. The nightmares that plagued my sleep keep replaying in my mind, even though I am no longer asleep. After getting the sheets in the washing, I decided to go for a run to try and clear my mind. I walk into my closet
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Alexia’s POV I was not disappointed at all. I didn’t really talk much throughout the tour. I was just so focused on taking it all in and listening to everything that Brandon was saying, that I only gave him short replies or nods so that he knew that I was paying attention. The last stop on the tour, before going to my office and the research lab that I would be working in, was the robotics lab. We walk in and I see the two guys that I met earlier standing in front of a computer talking about a robotic leg prosthetic. We walk over to them so that they can talk a little about what projects they are working on. “How is this one coming along, guys?” Brandon asked them once we were within earshot. Dr. Langford gave him a frustrated look. “Man, it’s still glitching. I can’t figure it out. I have tested every bit of the mechanics and even rewrote the programming for it. Nothing seems to be wrong, but it obviously is.” I stood there and listened while also inspecting the leg closely. It
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Brandon’s POV As I made my way back up towards my office, I kept replaying what Lex meant when she said that I was only a small part of the reason she couldn’t let me back in. I wonder what other ghosts haunt her? I could tell that they were bad, just by the look in her eyes. It was the look of trauma and scars that ran deep. I hope that she has someone that she can talk to about it. I know having Mark and Thomas to talk to about what we experienced definitely played a part in my healing process. I know I still have some issues, but they are nowhere like they used to be. When I finally reached my office, I noticed that my door is slightly ajar, which is something that I don’t do. My door is always shut no matter if I’m in my office or not. I immediately go on high alert, as I slowly push my door open. I let out the breath that I had been holding, when I saw my mom sitting on the couch to my right. “Mom, to what do I owe this lovely surprise?” I asked as I walked toward her and kis
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Alexia’s POV“Your mom woke up, sweetie. She wants you both to come inside. Lexi, I want you to prepare yourself. She doesn’t look good. Almost the worst I have seen.” Helen gave me a look that told me everything that I needed to know. Mom was in bad shape, and she didn’t want me to have it trigger anything for me.“She wants me to come in, too? Did she say why?” I squeezed Brandon’s hand to reassure him, even though I felt nothing even close to sure.“She still considers you family, Brandon. No matter what happened between us. Just like your mom and dad treat me like family.” I smiled at him before smiling at Helen and Dale.Brandon nodded his head a little before reaching for the door. “Are you ready?” The question felt so loaded, and I definitely wasn’t ready but that didn’t matter in this moment. I had to go in no matter how I felt.“Not even remotely ready, but let’s go.”Brandon pushed open the door and waited for me to walk in the room. I took a deep breath and tried to
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Alexia’s POVI didn’t say anything as Dale led us toward the room where they put my mother in to recover. I was still trying to wrap my mind around everything that happened this morning. I felt guilty about her accident because I had asked her to come spend the day with me. Her birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to take her shopping for something nice. I knew that I should have just gone and picked her up. She had insisted on driving herself, though. She said she had a business meeting to go to later, so she would just leave from my apartment and go straight there. I called her assistant to let her know that she needed to cancel that meeting. I still needed to call my brother and sister to let them know what was going on. They were going to be mad that I didn’t call them sooner, but they would have to get over it. I was still confused about Brandon being here. I won’t lie and say that I’m not glad that he did come, because I was very glad that he did. I had been on the verg
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Brandon’s POVMy alarm woke me up at five o’clock, which should have given me plenty of time to make my morning shake, go on my daily run, and get the truck loaded for our trip before the guys got here at seven. I guess luck wasn’t really on my side, though, because my phone rang while I was in the process of making my shake. Looking at my phone, I saw that it was my mom calling me. I don’t think that she has ever called me this early, so I knew that it probably wasn’t good.I wipe my hands and immediately answer the call.“Hey, mom. Is everything okay?” My heart dropped as I heard her sobs on the other end of the line.“What happened, momma?” I asked her again.“It’s Kathy. She was in a wreck this morning on the way to work. She’s not doing good, Brandon. Lexi and I are at the hospital waiting on any news. Your dad is in the operating room with her.” She finally tells me after she is able to calm down enough to talk.It took me a few seconds to take in what she just told me. The
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Alexia’s POV The last few days have gone by rather uneventfully. Thomas has been extremely helpful in showing me how everything works around the lab and helping me find my footing with everyone. I haven’t had any other issues with anyone since the little test from Mika. I think the suspension and official write-up may have solved that. She hasn’t given me any issues for the past couple of days. I can’t say that we got off to a great start, but I can say that I am impressed with her work. Her research is great, from what I’ve seen so far. I haven’t seen much of Brandon since he showed me the steps I needed to take to send in Mika’s write-up, either. I’m not sure if I’m happy or disappointed about that. Mark drops by every so often. Apparently, me helping solve the big issue with the one prototype means that he needs my opinion on all of them now. I don’t really mind much. It helps break up the monotony of looking at computer screens and microscopes all day. That’s not all I do, but
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I have seen my fair share of research labs, but this place has me at a loss for words. The thought process that went behind the layout alone, is amazing. When you first walk through the double doors, you come into a room that has ten to twelve cubicles, as Bri called them. I mean, they are cubicles in the sense that they don’t have doors and the walls don’t go all the way to the ceiling, but that’s where it stops. These cubicles are huge. I figure that the average cubicle is about twelve square feet. These are double that easily. They each have a desk equip with a computer, printer, and a desktop safe. Then there is another table stocked with things like beakers, test tubes, pipettes, petri dishes, and what looks like one of the OMAX microscopes. I don’t think that I have worked at any other lab that had separate areas for their research staff. It makes me feel like I might have made the right decision after all. Bri pulled me out of my head, just as a brunette woman started walki
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Alexia’s POV “So, Bri. What advice can you give me about this place? Are there any problem people, or is everybody pretty cool here?” I couldn’t stand the silence at the moment. After everything Brandon just unloaded on me, silence would do nothing but keep me in my head and that’s the last place that I wanted to be right now. “Ummm. I wouldn’t necessarily say that we have any problem people, per say, but there are a couple of folks that might try to be problematic in your department. It won’t be because they dislike you as much as they dislike that they didn’t get your job. If you ask me, though, there isn’t a person in your department that deserves to be anything more than an assistant.” Bri said in such a way that I had to keep myself from snickering. “So, what I’m hearing is that I’m going to be dealing with immature jealousy?” Man, I hope that these people aren’t going to be like that. I have been in charge of my fair share of research groups, but I prefer adults over childre
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Brandon’s POV As I made my way back up towards my office, I kept replaying what Lex meant when she said that I was only a small part of the reason she couldn’t let me back in. I wonder what other ghosts haunt her? I could tell that they were bad, just by the look in her eyes. It was the look of trauma and scars that ran deep. I hope that she has someone that she can talk to about it. I know having Mark and Thomas to talk to about what we experienced definitely played a part in my healing process. I know I still have some issues, but they are nowhere like they used to be. When I finally reached my office, I noticed that my door is slightly ajar, which is something that I don’t do. My door is always shut no matter if I’m in my office or not. I immediately go on high alert, as I slowly push my door open. I let out the breath that I had been holding, when I saw my mom sitting on the couch to my right. “Mom, to what do I owe this lovely surprise?” I asked as I walked toward her and kis
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Alexia’s POV I was not disappointed at all. I didn’t really talk much throughout the tour. I was just so focused on taking it all in and listening to everything that Brandon was saying, that I only gave him short replies or nods so that he knew that I was paying attention. The last stop on the tour, before going to my office and the research lab that I would be working in, was the robotics lab. We walk in and I see the two guys that I met earlier standing in front of a computer talking about a robotic leg prosthetic. We walk over to them so that they can talk a little about what projects they are working on. “How is this one coming along, guys?” Brandon asked them once we were within earshot. Dr. Langford gave him a frustrated look. “Man, it’s still glitching. I can’t figure it out. I have tested every bit of the mechanics and even rewrote the programming for it. Nothing seems to be wrong, but it obviously is.” I stood there and listened while also inspecting the leg closely. It
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Alexia’s POV I laid in my bed trying to get to sleep. I sent mom and Helen home not too long after I got off the phone with Brandon. I wasn’t in the mood for company and just wanted to take a shower and go to sleep. Now all I wanted was for my brain to shut off and allow sleep to take over, but I couldn’t stop thinking about what Brandon meant. How was he broken? He seemed like the same old arrogant jerk that I remember. I can’t deny the haunted look that I saw in his eye though. It looks so similar to the one that I see when I look at myself in the mirror. I wasn’t sure when I finally drifted off to sleep, but I woke up around four crying and soaked with sweat. I knew that I wouldn’t be able to go back to sleep, so I got up and started stripping the sheets off my bed. The nightmares that plagued my sleep keep replaying in my mind, even though I am no longer asleep. After getting the sheets in the washing, I decided to go for a run to try and clear my mind. I walk into my closet
