Karl’s POV Seeing Lennox and Diamond together made memories from my past flood into my head.The feeling I got when I would see them together where being reiterated.I was furious.It felt like she was slipping away from my hands again.I had gone to Texas for a few days and Lennox thought he could have his way?It took everything in me to not go into the room and punch him in the face.From the look of things it seemed they were having an argument.But I wasn’t bothered by that, they should be having arguments.They should be fighting.Not being together in the same damn room.I was as angry at Diamond as I was at myself for letting him get this close to her.When the kids had told me about their playdate, I felt a huge rush of adrenaline to every part of my body.Was it fear?I knew I couldn’t let them be together alone while the kids had their playdate.Besides Lennox was probably using his kid to get back into Diamond’s life.Maybe she was too innocent to see it b
Diamond’s POV In the next few hours, I would be having dinner with my parents.I had mixed feelings about the whole situation.It had been four years since I last saw them. A part of me missed them and wished they missed me too.Of course they had hurt me in the past, but I was ready to put that behind me.The kids where spending the day with Rebecca so that gave me enough time to prepare.Karl had left the house before I got up too.I was confused on what to wear. It seemed I hadn’t really changed.I still cared about what they would think of me.‘The new Diamond’, that’s who they would be expecting.So I threw on a simply dress and tied my hair in a bun.I was done sucking up to them, or trying to impress them. I dressed up how I would have on any other day.I left the house and I got into my car.I drove to their house.My heart beat accelerated as I got closer.I arrived at the house. I sat in the car for a full 20 minutes just staring at the house.I remembered
Lennox’s POV My thoughts were garbled.I kept thinking about what had happened during the playdate.It was a Sunday morning, and as usual I sat close to the window in my room watching the rain pour.Bonus points for it being a rainy day.The weather was just right.Humid and cold. I let the cool wind blow into my face as I stared out the window.Lately I had spent my Sundays studying.The textbook the professor had given us to read was just a bunch of repeated information. But I was well aware of those sort of text books. They had hunted me back in medical school.You think it’s repeated crap and you toss it aside to focus on more ‘complex’ materials. And then you receive a question filled with that repeated crap. You think it’s easy but no, you are asked to explain it exactly how it was stated in the textbook.And the lecturer says he is not a fool for saying you should study that material.So I forced myself to read the repeated crap. But on this gloomy day, I could
Diamond’s POV We were in Lennox’s office.The director had received more information on our patient’s family history and other underlying conditions. Apparently the senator had been embarrassed and didn’t want to release such information out of fear of it being leaked. But the director was able to convince him, asking him to choose between his reputation and his daughter’s life.He went for the latter and so we were seated in Lennox’s office going through the new files.We had also gotten recent MRI scans that showed the tumor had not metastasized which was good news.I took the image we had received the first day and the new one, trying to observe the differences.Lennox was seated across me on the other side of the table.I could feel him staring at me which only made me self conscious.He had been doing that for the past 30 minutes that we were seated.I would look up at him and he’d pretend to be accessing files and images.I ignored him and continued what I was doi
Diamond’s POV The day was a hectic one.I had a four hours lecture with the Harvard Professor and no breaks in between.After that I had to carry out a lecture surgery for some junior residents since apparently the doctor assigned to was indisposed.And that lecture went on for about two hours.I finally had time to catch my breath as I strode back to my office.But really what I needed was a time out .I sat in my office to try and get some work done but I couldn’t.I sighed and left the office.I went into the Doctor’s lounge to get coffee or at least something to drink.While filling my cup, a male spoke behind me.“Coffee in the afternoon?”I turned to see Timothy leaning against the wall. Legs crossed, arms folded as he smiled.Again with the teeth.He was truly specially sculpted by God himself.“I just needed to drink something and water wasn’t it,” I said as I brought the cup to my mouth.“Stop!”I looked up at him with the cup on my lip.“Sorry?”“I have s
Lennox’s POV I was done with work for the day. I had some patients rounds and a brief meet up with the director to discuss ‘not work related’ stuff.As I stepped out of his office to go back to mine and pack up, Diamond’s words kept reoccurring in my head.I felt bad for overstepping. But curiosity got the best of me.The whole story of the kids true father was too much of a mystery for me to move past it.But her encounter with Timothy had nothing to do with it.I didn’t want to admit it to myself earlier but I felt uneasy seeing them together.When he had flirted with her and she went on with it, I had felt a sharp sting in my heart.I tried to dismiss the feeling but it kept coming back and when I saw them together in her office I was infuriated.I had the sudden urge to punch Timothy in the face for being his flirty self.He definitely had a charm to him that all the females in the hospital were so eager to get on.He was good looking and young too, probably looked you
Diamond’s POV I walked quickly to my office as my heart was beating rapidly.I shut the door behind me and collapsed on the couch.I couldn’t believe what had almost transpired between Lennox and I.For some reason my whole body was aching.I had felt it everywhere. I hugged myself tightly as I tried steadying my breath.And it all came rushing in.The way he looked at me, the lust in his eyes.He wanted me and he didn’t bother hiding it.When his gaze dropped to my lip, for a moment I thought he was going to move in.And something inside me yearned for it.The feeling of his hand on my cheek as he brushed my hair out of my face.I wanted to lean in more than anything.The feeling of lust soon turned into one of rage.I was angry at Lennox for what had almost happened, for coming close to me.But I was angry at myself more. How could I have let things get that far?None of this was meant to happen, I was not supposed to be feeling this way.I immediately got up fro
DiamondI never imagined that I would be the one to be running away from Lennox, not because I was hiding my kids but this time, for my own sanity. After that day at the rooftop, and my emotional meltdown with Rebecca, I felt utterly vulnerable and it wasn’t a very good feeling.I was out of touch with my emotions, because why on earth would I still everything I felt on that rooftop for Lennox after everything that he did to me in the past. I sighed as I entered my office after a patient round. It has been two days since the rooftop incident, and in those two days, I have avoided Lennox to the best of my ability. Of course it wasn’t easy considering we work in the same space and are supposed to be working together to help a teenager dying of brain cancer. Instead of me focusing on this important surgery at hand, my mind was all over the place, yet still centered around Lennox. And it not only infuriated me, but I was also very angry with him. But I knew what I had to do; if this surge
Diamond2 years later…I looked around happy with the table arrangement. Lennox would sit beside me of course, the kids and then Karl and Rebecca beside each other. The oven dinged and I went over to check the chicken. Rebecca loves her chicken golden brown and properly crisped, so I left it in for a few more minutes.Rebecca and Karl were coming over for dinner and final preparations for their wedding tomorrow. She had always wanted to go on her honeymoon the night of her wedding, so I won’t get to see her for a while after tomorrow. That only reiterated the need for this dinner. Lennox and I would be hosting them, alongside the kids. We were happily married now and might I say, this two years have been the best of my life. A lot had happened within the span of two years. My parents and I were finally on good terms although we don’t speak frequently because that can’t just change after so many years. I had gotten a permanent job at the hospital. After the incident with Tim, he an
Diamond My hands were trembling as I made my way to Lennox’s room. Karl was behind me and I could sense that he was equally as anxious as I was. Rebecca had gone to inform Lennox’s parents about his condition. I slowly knocked on the door before letting myself in. I turned to see that Karl wasn’t following me in. He nodded and closed the door behind me. Lennox was staring at me intensely as I walked across the room to the bed. “Hey”, I said as I sat beside him. “Hi”, his smile was wide and genuine. He took my hand in his and brought them up to his lips, placing a small kiss on my knuckles. “I was so scared…”, I began as tears filled my eyes, “I’m sorry”, I said cleaning the tears off my eyes. “What are you sorry for, you didn’t do anything” “Exactly, I didn’t do anything. I couldn’t do anything, I…I thought I was going to lose you. I couldn’t bear the thought of not seeing you again, of not having you in my life.” “Diamond…”, he squeezed my hands gently and looked into my
Karl I paced around the hospital hallway after my discussion with the doctor. He had spoken to Diamond first since I was nowhere to be found. After making sure Hayden was alright, I left the hospital to go search for Agatha and Lennox since they both had mysteriously disappeared. Rebecca had to stay with Diamond and the kids for emotional support. But during my vague search, I saw on the news that Lennox had been shot by an ex-convict. I had never been more sacred in my life. I began panicking and stumbled over anything and everything in my way, but I didn’t bother to pick them up. I had been to the bar I met Lennox in. At that point I just searched everywhere Lennox would normally be that I was aware of. The bartender and a few drunk men yelled at me as I exited the bar but I payed no attention to them. I immediately ran to my car, fondling with my keys, before I finally opened it. I hopped in and sped off quickly in the direction of the hospital. A lot of things went through my
DiamondHayden was awake and could finally have visitors. He’d have to stay in the hospital for a few days before he could be discharged. The doctors had to monitor his progress and recovery. “Put that down”, I ordered Braden who was accessing some of the equipment on a tray“I know you’re curious, I was too at your age, but these are sharp objects and not something you play with”, he pouted and stepped away from the tray, “I’ll get a nurse to take the tray out”Jayden was sitting beside Hayden on the bed, he had not left that position since we came in to see Hayden. I hated having to put them through this, it was my mess, they didn’t have to suffer for it too.I left the room to get a nurse to come clear the tray.I was about entering the room when I turned to see Rebecca running to me. She got to where I was standing, breathing heavily.“What’s wrong, Rebecca? Why are you running?”She was still panting heavily but managed to get her words out.“Le...Lennox, he was rushed to the ho
LennoxI had never felt more scared in my life. My heartbeat elevated as we ran into the hospital. I tried to collect my thoughts. I felt so guilty. I never should have let Natalia out of my sight. If anything happened to her it would be my fault and I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.We rushed to the security office. Rebecca was there, in a heated argument with one of the security guards.“What’s going on?”, I asked as we neared them.Rebecca turned to me and said the man wouldn’t allow her see the security footages. I mentally smacked myself in the head, why didn’t I think of this first before running to the police station.Agatha walked passed me and began threatening the guard who seemed unfazed by her words.We had to get permission from the board in other to view the footages but there was no time for that. So I stepped forward willing to plead with the guard. To my surprise he recognized me, and his tone changed to one of respect.“Dr. Winthrop, are you with t
AgathaI wasn’t sure I had heard right.“What did you say?”, I asked, anger and disgust clear in my tone.Diamond stood her ground looking as confident as ever.“You heard me…”“Diamond”, Lennox called and my eyes immediately flew to him.I couldn’t believe it. Lennox was the father of these bastards?How is it even possible?They are probably a year younger than Natalia. So when did it even happen?Where they still seeing each other behind my back?So many questions swirled in my head. I assumed a variety of conclusions.But deep down there was one final conclusion which I didn’t want to accept. And it seemed like the most reasonable…She had gotten pregnant before their divorce.That would mean he didn’t cheat on me or betray me.I turned to look at the two boys with identical faces. I had never seen it before, mainly because I never bothered to observe them, but there was a resemblance to the Winthrops…to Lennox.I shook my head in disbelief.Turning away from the b
DiamondWe were in the waiting room, expecting the feedback from the doctors in the OR.Everywhere was tense. The boys clung to me tightly.Rebecca had gone to get coffee, even though it was pretty late for that.She came into the room with a plastic cup of coffee at hand. She had asked if I wanted some but I declined.She gulped down the entire cup before assuming her position of resting on the wall again. Even when there were many available seats.Lennox was also in the room, although I didn’t dare look at him.Our conversation earlier was pretty heated. And it ended with me leaving the rooftop in tears. I didn’t even know when he entered the room since I was lost in my head.It hurt so much because everything he said was true. I hadn’t really thought about it then. But I could see now that what I did was wrong, not only to Lennox but to my boys too.Could you really blame me though?I was humiliated and I had no one. And my boys deserved the best. They still do.The door
Lennox‘His father’s blood is a match’The words kept replaying in my head. I didn’t understand.Why would the doctor call me Hayden’s father?Maybe he made a mistake.“What are you saying Doc?”, I asked.“Well you know how we are incorporating new technology into every field in this hospital. So we used the STRs for a more accurate and faster result”The STRs…It is a specific genetic marker.That method would not just check the compatibility of the blood group but also genetic similarities.No I couldn’t believe it. I shook my head turning away from the doctor.“Here are the results”, he said for more confirmation.I slowly took them from his hands, eager yet scared to see what it was.I unfolded the paper.Positive…Match…Applicable…He was right. The Doc was right.So many thoughts swirled through my head. I didn’t even know where to start.“You can come in for the transfusion whenever you’re ready”, he said, bringing me back to reality.He turned away from me
Diamond I blinked a million times. Maybe my eyes were playing tricks on me. I couldn’t believe that was Hayden on the floor. Rebecca shook me yelling my name before I finally snapped out of it.The realization dawned on me.I quickly ran to Hayden who was lying unconscious. The boys began to cry tugging on Hayden. He was bleeding from his head. I looked up at Natalia, her expression had gone from angry to frightened.I turned to her sharply and yelled.“Why did you do this? Why did you push him?”, I was so furious now I couldn’t think straight.“What the hell is wrong with you?”“I don’t…I” she stammered, and her eyes widened in shock when she saw the blood flowing from Hayden’s head.The boys kept crying now and fought the tears that threatened to fall.I hurriedly carried Hayden in my hands and Rebecca ran to get the keys to the car.No communication was needed.I rushed to the car and placed an unconscious Hayden in the back seat and I hopped in sitting beside him