THE HANDSOME MEDICAL DOCTOR: CHAPTER FIVE

Susanna was helping in the kitchen when an order was brought. She was given the food and also given the table number so she could know where it needed to be delivered.

She walked out but was stopped by another fellow waiter by the counter who had told her about a particular well-to-do customer who would be coming later this evening. She nodded, paying steady attention to what the woman was saying.

When she was done, Susanna carried to food to the table 26 which was the table she had to deliver the food. Her eyes locked with his eyes as she stared at him in surprise.

Mike?

What was he doing here?

Unfortunately for her, the table Mike was sitting on was the same table she was sent to deliver the food. Her eyes never left his as she walked to the table and dropped the food.

No one feature makes Mike so handsome, He was handsome from the depth of his eyes to the gentle expressions of his face, though his eyes come close. People often speak of the colour of eyes, as if that were of importance, yet his would be beautiful in any shade. From them comes an intensity, an honesty, a gentleness.

Perhaps this is what is meant by a gentleman, not one of weakness or trite politeness, but one of great spirit and noble ways. What he is, what is beautiful about him, comes from deep within; it makes me want to feel how his lips move in a kiss, how his hands follow the curves of her body. As each year passes she grew in hatred for him, but seeing him now made her want to drool. He will be more handsome still, as if his soul shines through his skin.

"Snap out of it Susanna. This was the man that had dumped you and left you with a baby to only care for. Do not fall for him again" She told herself as she tried to gain her composure.

Then she removed her gaze from him.

"Hello Susanna, how are you?" Ben, whom she had not noticed was with Mike asked, jilting her from her thoughts.

"O...Oh! Do..Doctor Ben. Good Afternoon" She greeted as she smiled at him, ignoring the man who sat beside him and also noticing the elderly couple who were staring at her with disgust. She knew they are among the much people who see her as a witch that killed her own parents. They have never liked her so she had always gotten accustomed to the deathly glare she has always been given by people like them .

"Well he never existed to me, so i will treat him like the fool he is" she thought as she talked to Ben.

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Mike bit his lips as he admired Susanna. She was still beautiful, she always looked beautiful, more beautiful than he could ever describe.

Susanna was young, white and beautiful.She had blond hair with shiny highlights, nowhere near the point of being gold. It lay on her shoulders like a waterfall flowing mildly; flaming as bright as a sunrise. The breeze blew through her curls, straightening them into waves that whipped about behind her. From under side bangs shone eyes the colour of a dazzling emerald blue, which travelled uneasily from him to his brother. He could not help but notice that they glistened every time she moved them. They were the ones that seemed to draw him into a daze; not letting him go. Her eyes seemed to shine in the sunlight, but maybe it hid in the darkness. Below them is a nose so freckled that the brown splotches overlapped much like autumn leaves after harsh winds blew. Her smile was warm with a hint of shyness and her lips were like a frozen rose, so beautiful that he wanted to know how it felt like when he kiss her.

He had to rip his eyes away from her when he could not get enough of her beauty. Why was he thinking this dirty about her? He had not even thought that way for a woman for a whole seven years. Why now? He felt sorry for what he had done to her but this thing he feels about her is on another level. He looked at her again as their eyes locked but she looked away quickly. There was sunshine in her smile and and her voice went right to his brain like a shot of single malt.

Her clothes were so casual, the ubiquitous look all the university girls had: tight jeans, wide necked sweater and cute brown boots. So how come on her those same clothes garbled his brain to much, stopping him from stringing a simple sentence together; like, "Hey, wanna get a coffee?" How hard could that be?

He observed as Ben started talking to her. His face flushed pink. How could he be admiring her that way when there is an unsettled misunderstanding between them.

A misunderstanding that needed to be settled.

Breathing down so deeply, he said what he thought won't come out of his mouth.

"Hello Susanna"

He had noticed her frown as he called her name, knowing she was a little upset about it. She turned to him and gave him a look of disgust.

But she put on a smile which Mike knew was fake and said an Hi. At least she said something.

"You are the cursed girl. Why do you serve us. Go serve your witches and come demons not us" Mike seems surprised as he looked at his Aunt Polly whom seemed to look at Susanna in utter disgust.

"How will i know if you have not put something in this food that will either initial us until kingdom? You witch! Get out and take your curse food with you" She said again as she carried the tray and used it to hit Susanna who stumbled back in pain, getting the attention of the people in the restaurant. He flinched as he saw tears in her eyes.

He swallowed that anger when it was a fire-seed and forgot to think of something cool, and so it grew in his belly until it came out as hot as any dragon has ever flamed... on the Aunt Polly.

"Aunt!" He said as he walked to Susanna who flinched when he wanted to touch her. He saw her body was turning red as a result of the hot food his aunt had poured on her.

"Don't you dare touch that witch Mike, she will curse you"

"What is all these Aunt?. Susanna is not a witch. You should act as someone's mother for once. Don't you see you put her in pain?"

"She supposed to be in pain for all the sins she had committed. She killed her parents and then her husband, very soon she will target her daughter. You do know what this woman is because she is the devil's daughter"

Susanna left with tears in her eyes as she hurriedly walked into a room just beside the counter. He knew she was hurt. He felt she was hurt and he was angry she was hurt. His eyes followed her departing figure as his anger seemed to get the worst of him. Why does his aunt pick on Susanna?

"Mike calm down. Look just sit down and forget this ever happened.

Anger, pain, sadness - so intertwined that perhaps their names aught to be tweaked to reflect the true origins of those emotions.

What the hell was wrong with him?

"How will i forget when you had insulted Susanna? Let this be the last time you talk that bad about her again or i will do something you will forget blame yourself for" He said as he looked at his Aunt who looked at him in utter surprise.

"Are you threatening me because of that witch?"

"Point of correction, Susanna is not a witch"

"You really have not changed Mike, you still talk back at me? Jake let us go, we do not need to be here" Aunt Polly said to her husband as he dragged him up, around the table and out of the restaurant.

"Mike?" His brother called as he turned to him, his anger still evidently in his eyes. Looking at his brother who still stared at him in surprise, he muttered a "yes".

"Calm down first. You need to calm down. Sit down and let us talk about this" He said as he pointed to the seat beside him.

"What happened here clearly is not your business so if you do not mind, can you mind it?" Ben said and everyone got his message as no one had an eye on them again.

"First of all maybe it was good you defended her. I have never seen you defend someone like that before and also, i still do not understand why you defended her? Well yes i know she is known very well as a witch and i know it is not true because that want had been through a lot but you being there and siding her today does not still make sense to me?

"This is a new side of you i am seeing. What is wrong Mike? And also, i had seen the way you looked at her, you looked at her with something i still cannot figure out. Why did you look at Susanna like that? Has anything been going on with you two because you seem to look at her with attention" Ben said as he folded his hands, awaiting Mike's reply.

"I.......i don't know what you are talking about. I just did what someone in my shoes would have done" Mike stammered as he tightened his fists, knowing he is lying to not only his brother, but to himself.

"I have never seen you look at a girl like that before. I have not even seen you get angry just because a girl or maybe woman had been insulted. I only remember the way you look at those chicks years ago.You looked like you would want to bounce on them any minute. But the way you looked at Susanna was different. Are you sure you aren't liking the woman?" Ben asked again as he looked at him in confusion.

"Me? Liking Susanna? No it is just i did what i had done like a friend would and discriminating her snapped something in me. Maybe I was angry about that? Does she work here?" Mike asked, diverting the conversation.

"Yes she does, since the death of Daniel. I tried helping her but i never saw any other job that would want her. She never finished school remember? So she had to start working as a waiter" Ben said as he sat comfortably on his chair.

Mike became sad on hearing all Susanna had gone through. He did not know why he was sad but he did not really want Susanna to be working at a restaurant. She was much too brilliant for that, sensible and loving for this job.

"Do you think this work pays her enough?" Mike asked as he looked at his brother.

"Not enough to even feed the woman, talk more of her child".

He could not just let her suffer on her own like that. He had to help her. He did not know but he just wanted to help her in any way he could. And then he had an idea.

"Do you perhaps have her account number?" He asked Ben who had just started eating the food in which the waiter had replaced.

"Why are you asking?"

"Just wanted to know brother"

"It seems to be more than that, do you want to send her money?" He asked as his eyes widened.

"Maybe. She will not want my help so i will just have to help her by transferring money frequently to her account without her knowing" Mike said as he fiddled with his food which was still left untouched.

"Woah! That is so nice of you Mike"

"But please do not tell her anything about this. She does not have to know about this please. It is the only way i find it fit to help her. She had suffered so much.

"Fine! I will not say anything. I will ask Susanne if she has it. They are very close. She is using Daniel's bank account as hers. I will send you the details later"

"Thanks bro for the help"

"You are welcome. Now eat your food, lunch break is almost over" Ben said as Mike started eating. He ate, looking at the door Susanna had entered in case she comes out again.

He just wanted to see her again.

Biting his lips, he stood up, alerting Ben in the process.

"I will be right back Ben. Just give me a minute"

And with that, he walked towards the door in which he knew Susanna was in.