Diamond“There's goes my only opportunity to get Mr. Carter to be sacked from being school principal,” I said when the call with Agatha ended. Sighing in defeat, I threw myself to the couch, beside Rebecca who was dying to tell me the deeds about her day today with Karl. I was really interested in how they went from being sworn enemies to now spending the day together and acting enjoying it.“Come on, Diamond, don't sound so dejected. Just because Agatha doesn't have the contact, which I do think she does, doesn't mean you can't talk to other people who might have it.”I had already told Rebecca what transpired between the principal and I earlier today and she was fuming as much, probably even more than I was. Rebecca was once in a feminist group which turned out to be an extremist group. That was when she backed out. So she may seem chill, but once she notices where women's rights are being trampled upon, or she senses any form of discrimination against women, she would swoop in lik
KarlJust as I reached the inside of my car, I heard my phone go off once. Then severally, as though so many notifications were going in all at once. But my mind and thoughts were mostly on what I overheard Rebecca and Diamond talking about. I was going to knock. In fact, I did knock but they seemed so engrossed in the conversation they were having that they didn't hear me. When I stepped inside, I was just about to announce my presence when I heard them say the name, Dr. Tim. Tim did say he was moving ahead with his plans to separate Diamond and Lennox today. Though I haven't seen the effect of this plan. Otherwise, Diamond would be running back to me, realizing what a big mistake she made by choosing Lennox over me again. I didn't get to hear much of the conversation, as I was moving closer, they heard my footsteps and turned around. But I needed to know what Tim did so I picked up my phone to dial him. The phone was still buzzing with several notifications that made me question w
110: Diamond How was I going to show my face to the world after my nudes or sexual pictures got leaked online? This was the million dollar question I asked myself all night and all morning. Technically, it wasn't my nudes but it doesn't really matter that I know that, the whole world thinks it's me. The only person that doesn't believe it's me is Rebecca. There's not much that can be done with that false information flying around. Somehow, I have ended up being the hot topic of discussion in social media apps. Bloggers now have a free pass to write whatever they want about the woman in those photos. Now that I think of it, why does the woman always get the heat? Clearly, there were two people in that picture, even if the face of the man didn't appear in any of those photos, still, I wasn't the only one presumably doing the deed, yet I was receiving all the backlash online. I wasn't exactly popular, my family is. So when they see the name Diamond and they see ‘Caddell’ following nex
111: Diamond“I'm sorry but we cannot afford to have you around for now. You've been suspended…suspended…suspended…The words, the phrases, it kept ringing in my head like a rhyme. The medical director had something to say after delivering the bad news to me; he was probably telling me how sorry he was that he had to make this tough choice, or he was saying he is going to take up my case with the hospital panel to discuss my future here. Either way, I didn't hear it. For a suspension to get overturned, they were going to have to discuss my case, not to actually lift my suspension, that won't be the main topic of discussion. The subject of that panel's discussion would be, ‘is she disposable?’ They would then look at my track record, everything I have accomplished since I have been working here. They would look at the possibility of getting a replacement better than me, not less but better. If they find none, if they see my worth, then they'll lift my suspension. But if not, they'll se
LennoxI was barely able to concentrate on anything for the rest of the day. Diamond and that kiss was the only thing on my mind. Thankfully, I didn't have much to do. I tried to control my headspace during the revaluation of Alicia’s medications and all of my other duties for the day. Even though the hours were practically skipping by me as I reminisced for the better part of the day, that kidd Diamond and I had shared. It took a lot of willpower for me to pull back, and thinking back, I wish I hadn't but it's not something that should be decided solely based on my wishes. A lot of things were at stake right now and I didn't want to make the same mistakes I made in the past again. But the kiss made me realize one thing: I was completely and totally in love with Diamond Caddell. And I never stopped loving her. She's the only woman that has ever tickled my fancy in a way that even I could not put to words. It's like I couldn't get enough of her no matter how much I had her. She had m
DiamondOh God, what was really going on with me? This was the only thought rummaging through my head as I packed up my stuff reading to go back to the confines of my own till God knows when. One thing that really made me sad about getting suspended was the fact that I had developed a connection with some of my patients, and I was highly inclined, having developed an affinity to want to help. I always want to help my patients but with these patients I have a connection with, it was more like I needed to help. They had complete trust in me, in the fact that I could make them well again. Asides from trust, their hope was me. For some like Alicia, her hope of survival was me and Lennox. I trusted Lennox to handle everything but I still remained sad that my zeal to help her and the rest of my patients had been cut short. Worse of all, until further notice. It would have been better if the medical director told me that I was suspended for a week. Or two weeks. That would make more sense.
I got into my car and began to drive home. At least I got the day off work, though that didn't seem to console me much. My entire thoughts throughout the drive back home wasn't on the fact that I had private photos going all around the internet. I wasn't even thinking about how those photos had even gotten on the Internet, who was behind it, the drug test that I took, I wasn't thinking about all that. There was only one man on my mind: Lennox Winthrop. Ugh! I shook my head vehemently as if trying to shake off all the thoughts of the man. I turned on the radio of the car and began jamming to songs that I wouldn't normally listen to. Even after increasing the volume so as to block out my thoughts, it didn't work. My thoughts still seemed to travel back to Lennox. I kissed his soft lips. God, he was such a kisser, I almost forgot that. His kiss was like a drug, you take one and you want more and you just can't stop. And God help me, I was thinking about kissing the man again.
DiamondFor lack of a better word, I was stupefied. Actually, I knew the better word but I would rather not say it. Considering that I had threatened Principal Carter the last time I had seen him, it made sense that he would like to retaliate this way. And he had just the perfect excuse. I looked up at Rebecca who was looking over at me with pity. “I'm so sorry this is happening to you, Diamond. You really do not deserve this.” I nodded, smiling painfully. “I could take the heat but when it involves, I draw the line.” I told her. “Could you please send me the contact information of the board member?”“Already did. But don't you think that whatever you say to the board member now, man or woman, they're probably just going to see it as you trying to get back at Principal Carter for kicking you out?” I thought about it for a second. Rebecca made a very solid point. After my last meeting with Mr. Carter, he was probably worried about his job, trying to come up with an excuse to discred