a ride?
I glanced out the window of her room and I was astonished: I was in front of my boarding house,
just in that house that attracted me so much ...
What a coincidence!
Now he could fully understand what his car was doing at that signal on a different day
of your shift.
I thought quickly about her offer and decided to take a momentary bluff out of pure shame of my
condition.
"Thank you, but I will not have to. I live near, you can walk. Can you pick me up at the hospital tomorrow?
I leave at six, "I suggested.
"You will not change your mind and run like before?" Are you really going to wait for me? - His question.
but seemed to demand a promise.
- I will - I guarantee.
Richard smiled exultantly. I received a relieved kiss from those who make their feet come
to swing on high, suspended in a hug.
Then she indicated where I had hung my spotted dress - which had been apparently clean -
grabbed his briefcase hastily in the other room and then just said good-bye, begging me to hit
the door on the way out. I noticed, on the way to the corridor, that he would pass his tongue discreetly in the
own lips, more seeming to approve the flavor that remained in them.
I took advantage of his exit to kill the curiosity he had about the house. It was decorated with
good taste, totally stylish, although it had few objects and there was no evidence of exaggeration or
waste. It seemed very practical and organized. There was, besides the bedroom, an office that had a laptop
and various folders containing medical articles or books related to your area, cataloged in order
alphabetical I did not see picture frames or anything that made mention of family and friends.
Though elegant, the atmosphere sounded serious, maybe even a bit sad or lonely. His black blazer is still
I was hanging from the chair and did not resist the urge to inspire him to feel that
unmistakable aroma.
Your room was no different, either. In addition to the normal furniture, there was only one plasma TV,
the only one in the house, and no other object or any clue that he was distracted by something like videos,
music or a sport. The book at the head, for a change, about hematology.
After wandering the corridor, still in the upper part of the house, something strange called me to
Attention: he had a room that looked more like a mini-hospital, containing a hospital bed, a
a type of air conditioner with several blood bags for transfusion classified by type
blood, Rh factor, blood components ... There were also other bags labeled as improper - or
contaminated material - and a specific apparatus for heating the blood, in case of large
transfusions.
Wow! Did he attend patients even at home? By the way, it seemed that ...
I went downstairs and looked for something to drink in the fridge, my throat was dry. I cost
find it. His refrigerator was tiny and had only one bottle of water, nothing else. The pantries
were also absolutely empty.
That's weird...
Richard does not eat? Are you lazy to cook? I asked myself.
Well, maybe he did not know or did not have time for it. Or, who knows, they always feed off
or at work, though he has never noticed his presence in the hospital cafeteria. Did he do any
kind of restrictive diet? And if that's just what he was insinuating to his own
respect? Maybe he was not suffering from a disease ... Except for his pallor, judging by this
He looked strong, "I said. Yes, quite strong or could not carry a woman on her lap with
Such ease. Okay, a nanica woman, but still an adult.
No, not sick.
I could not even think of that possibility. I'd rather imagine what he had to tell me if
referred to something about his past, as a separation or, perhaps, the existence of a child ...
I hurriedly put on my dress to get out of the house, afraid he would come back for a while.
and I found myself snooping around. I was so happy that I did not even care
looks from the people in the street, who were repairing the inappropriate clothes for the schedule and my bare feet; O
Sandal jump had broken the day before.
I arrived at the boarding house with a sly smile on my lips, and Dona Helena soon noticed:
"Looks like the party was good," she hissed.
"Very good," I said, not hiding the joy.
"What happened to your forehead?"
My forehead? Wow! I was so up in the clouds that I even forgot about her!
"I fell, but it was no big deal," I said, trying not to show that I did not remember the subject.
"I'm going to bed in my room, if you do not mind."
I jumped up the stairs and into the room, letting the sandals fall casually off the floor.
I looked out the window and thought that I was in that house right now, that one day I got to
to dream about her, almost giving me the most charming, beautiful and sexy man in the world. More than
the man she had fallen in love with, "I sighed. And it seemed like it would not be long before
to happen...
In a way, it was good that I had some time to prepare myself, I really needed to be ready
for this moment in every way.
I went into the bathroom, taking care not to trip on the eave that I'd dropped the day before, and
to draw my plans. I could not stop immediately from Anne. Only now could you feel
disappointment that he had had such a sad ending in his first
prepared so much.
But that would not happen to me. I wanted him.
I wanted him more than anything in life.
The slightest touch of his hands on my skin inflamed all my senses, set me on fire.
head to toe.
Neither was there any kind of impediment, nothing that had enough strength to undo
that infinite will. And from what I could tell, he must feel the same way, so much that he declared
with all the lyrics that he was crazy about me.
Crazy for me...
Could you believe it? Just remembering the sensual mode as he uttered this phrase, the heart
he fired, completely unruly.
The bruise on his forehead began to ache. I could not find a pill in my little one
and before I went out to buy any other medicine in the pharmacy, I found a pack of
painkiller inside the wallet that I took to the party with a written note:
"Take a pill if you are feeling pain. But do not worry, tomorrow will be healed. Ps.
Do not forget our meeting.
Richard. "
Laugh alone. As if there was some way to forget ...
I just could not understand when he put the note in my wallet, if so far
of his departure had been all the time at my side. Was it at that time that she sought her own
suitcase? But I would have seen him pass me by, would not he?
Richard did some things from time to time that intrigued me ...
Chapter 16
After a very long bath, I fell asleep in the afternoon.
Maybe she was still numb by the effect of the medicine or that it was due to the
head. I believe, however, that it was most likely that his kiss had cushioned my
problems and triggered in me a relaxation size that had returned to sleep right. The fact is that only
I woke up in the middle of the night.
I ran to the window to look at that house, even though I knew it would not be there, and, to my surprise, the
light appeared on. A spark of excitement circled through her veins, pure ad
renaline.
Why not?
I had already undone that same armor ...
... and I was crazy to taste that burning kiss again!
Moreover, the freshness of the bath remained impregnated in the skin, so it was only a change of clothes and
make a surprise!
I opened my little closet and chose a tight black skirt and a blue-oil tank top
long to wear. I went to the mirror and tidied my hair, pulling on the bandage to see if the
cut had turned ugly. To my astonishment, Richard hit the spot: the wound was almost gone
during the night and stopped hurting.
Amazing! My immune system has never worked so fast!
Despite this, he did not want to waste time thinking about it. I just removed the gauze from my forehead, brushed the
teeth, I put a lipstick on my lips and sprinkled my favorite perfume at some strategic points in the
body.
Now, I felt ready in every way ...
All he had to do was put on a sandal, cross the street and run into his arms!
***
His garage was open and there was a van with an empty stretcher parked inside.
I found it all very weird.
I pushed the entrance door, which lay just on the side, and entered quietly, almost
tiptoe. I heard a sound coming from that supposed answering room and went straight into his
direction.
It was there, then, that the biggest shock I took in my life happened: there was a lady lying in that
hospital bed looking sedated and Richard was leaning under it, biting his wrist.
Wait...
Biting? As well? I should be dreaming, it could only be!
Did he suck her blood ?! Do you swallow blood?
My God! What kind of perverse animal would do such a thing? I added two and two and realized what
he was: a ... vampire!
At the height of the shock, I stepped back and bumped into a metal bin, causing a noise
strident that made him turn away, startled. His eyes were red and petrified,
unbelieving, terrified ... He raised his hands as if he were unarmed and said in a tone of
despair:
- Stephanie! Calm down, it's not what you're thinking!
How not? And your teeth dirty with blood? And those red eyes? I thought.
"Do not come near me!" I warned, shocked, already pulling away.
"I will not harm you." Listen to what I have to say first, please! He begged.
- You are a monster! I shouted. "How could you deceive me like that?" He's in the hospital for
Kill the patients and get their blood! This is ... sordid!
- No! He returned in a distressed cry, beginning to approach. - You're wrong! I do not kill
my patients!
"What would I be to you tomorrow?" I asked, uncontrolled. - Your dinner? Damn it! I must be
Too dumb! How could I have believed that someone like you could really like me?
He took two steps forward and I, frightened, recoiled.
- Do not say that! What I feel for you is so much more than liking. I...
I just did not stay to hear the rest. I started running in the opposite direction, asking God
to let me out unharmed. I heard a last cry that was begging for me:
- Stephanie, listen to me, please! I love you!
It was practically a crying without tears, the cry of someone who was at the bottom of the well, with no way out.
Even so, I could not be sensitive to the statement I had so long dreamed of hearing and going back there
to check.
My heart ached so much!
It looked as though he had arrowed his chest!
It hurt even more to hear his distressed voice in the distance, it would tear me apart.
I loved a monster! And I could not cope with it. It could withstand any difficulty,
any difference, but not living at the expense of the death of innocent people. What kind of curse did you suffer?
to deserve such punishment? Moreover, how could I deceive myself so much and think that I had the right to
dream of being happy?
This is the only way I can piece together the pieces of the puzzle: pallor, dark circles,
the color of his eyes, the low temperature, the fact that he had never seen him in the cafeteria with the other doctors
for lunch, the lack of food in his house, and, finally, the blood found in that room.
I no longer knew what to think, what to do ...
My head exploded with such pain!
He could not find the exact words to describe the agony he felt. The only solution I found was
more obvious: he should leave, demand resignation, and return to Rio.
He knew, however, that it would be right to denounce that monster, but who said he would have the courage? THE
this time of the championship, the love he had for him would not let him do it. I was count to nothing
Live the rest of my days feeling this guilt. And, well, who would believe me? If
someone who had seen a real vampire, one of two, or
my face or I'd be branded crazy, that's right!
***
The remainder of the night cost to finish. Every second took forever. The more
minutes dragged on, but that anguish devoured me inside. No being on this planet should
having to go through it was too cruel!
It took me so long to feel something for someone, and when it finally happened, not even
human he was ...
And to complete the suffering, I still had to hear his cry saying that he loved me. The sound of this
The phrase echoed through my brain incessantly, like an old record of scratched glass. There was not
She had to wait for the dawn to talk to Dora and to finish once and for all with this
proximity.
"Dora, I must ask for my accounts," I demanded, in a hurry to end the agony, as soon as I
feet in my industry.
- You too? But what kind of avalanche is this happening in this hospital? Complained
she surprised.
- Who else fired?
- Dr. Richard. They said that he arrived here, this very dawn, with an expression
desperate. Who have never seen a person appear to suffer so much! There must have been something very serious,
poor Just left a letter to Dr. Jorge breaking up the society and quickly withdrew all
things in his room. I'm astonished until now! I believe the hospital will not be the same without him -
lamented "Are you sure you need to do this, too?" Today we already have two casualties: Iris dawned
feverish and Lara is with her broken finger ...
He was here? - I wondered.
So I need to get something clean ...
"Stephanie, can you hear me?" Where are you going?
Dora rose from the table after noticing that I left her talking to herself to run a run to the
interned. I went to look at the face of each female patient, one by one, until I found such a lady
who had sighted in his house and who was apparently healthy and even smiling.
Thank God! I sighed in relief.
He should have been afraid that I'd report him and brought her back. The poor innocent did not know
fortunate thing to have surprised him at the time and looked at me, at that very moment,
probably trying to understand why my face of compassion.
"Are you ... are you feeling well?" I had to wonder why I realized that she was strange to me.
behavior.
- I'm great! I've never felt so willing! She replied, still crushed. "And you, it's not the
nurse...?
"Stephanie," I finished, helping her.
"Oh, it's ..." She seemed to finally remember me. "I did not recognize you because you're hairy."
/> loose and without the uniform.
"I just got here," I decided to explain.
"And you came straight here to look for me?" Because? I'm going to be discharged today?
"I do not know." In fact, I mistook you for another patient. Please excuse me.
I took the leave to leave the environment and give Dora a satisfaction.
- Me, huh! What gave you? Endoidou? She cried.
"Uh ... I'm not feeling very well. "It was the only excuse I could get, which
it was by no means a lie.
"Oh, my Father in heaven! It was all I needed! I've already seen that I'm going to have to call some
Slack to get back to work! She put both hands on her forehead, showing concern for the
of the day.
Even though I felt so devastated, I was moved by her expression
bewildered
"I can accept work today so I will not let you down." I just will not guarantee to continue.
- Thank you dear. Now, think about it ... Since Dr. Richard left the hospital, you will not feel any more
intimidated, is not it?
As if his absence were good for my soul ...
In fact, she hardly knew that I was trying to survive without him, fighting intimately between the horror and
this burning feeling that consumed me inside. Something I should have done wrong to have
to go through the suffering he was having to endure. There was no plausible explanation for this
thing.
"I'll think about it," I finally said, and headed for the dressing room to put on my uniform. I could even
being of the present body, however, the brain would never be. And little by little I became even more
empty and apathetic than ever.
***
The hours crawled slowly.
I worked all day, although in reality I remained absent, entering a total vacuum. Do not leave
even for lunch. Besides not having the stomach to swallow absolutely nothing,
she made a point of finding work colleagues and still had to answer questions
the party or the reason for such sadness. At least the doctor on call was Dr.
Roberto and he had been discreet, so please do not ask me anything at all, although, by the way
as he watched me, I suspected that he had seen the quasi-kiss scene in the nightclub.
When it was time for the shift, I went down to the central hall, walking to the boarding house. At
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