Chapter 7

CHAPTER 7

***LARISSA***

There was a brief silence on the other end of the call after I introduced myself and I was getting impatient. I still had to clean up and change in preparation for the surgery.

"He-"

"Larissa." I froze as I heard my name. I recognized the voice even after so many years.

I remained silent and I began to panic not knowing what to do. I immediately put the phone back, ending the call and I hurried out of my office as if I was being chased. I didn't respond to any of the nurses that walked past me as I headed to the O.R.

I went to change my clothes and I put on my surgical gown and mask before washing and sanitizing my hands. My breathing was tense and I closed my eyes, breathing in and out deeply.

I walked into the operating room and waited as the new doctor cut open the patient. After he was ready, an assisting doctor handed me a scalpel and I began the operation.

Beads of sweat formed on my forehead as I operated on the patient. I was trying so hard to focus on what I was doing.

I couldn't get Logan's call off my mind and I didn't want to be distracted. It was a very technical surgery, but I had done several of them successfully in the past.

If I had gotten the call earlier, I could have canceled and had another doctor perform the surgery instead.

"Dr. Lisa. Dr. Lisa?" I heard a Doctor call my name and I realized I had stopped doing anything. I snapped out of it as I heard the Holter monitor beep rapidly.

"His heart rate is dropping and he's losing a lot of blood," a nurse alerted me and I glanced at the Holter monitor.

"Irrigation," I said and the assisting doctor handed me the irrigator to wash the site I was performing on.

"Insert 500 mill of Traxenamic acid," I said and held back a bit as they injected it into the site of operation. It would cause the blood to clot and reduce the loss while I performed in the area.

I tried to continue the surgery without thinking of anything else, despite my hands betraying me by quivering.

Finally, I got through the major part of the surgery and I stopped, letting out the breath I had been holding for a long time.

"Dr. Fells, can you continue from here?" I asked the assisting doctor and he nodded. I handed over the tools to him and had a nurse take off my surgical gown before walking out of the operating room.

I took off my gloves and threw them in the thrash, yanking off my face mask and letting out a loud sigh.

I leaned on the wall, trying to recover my breath.

I hate you so much, Logan!

The nurses walking by stared at me and I realized I was leaning on the wall, looking as if I just lost someone.

I didn't know how to handle this now so I decided to go home and sleep over it.

I went to my office and changed back into my original clothes.

I carried my bag and was about to leave when my office line rang again. I thought it could be Logan calling again and I wanted to ignore it, but I couldn't.

It could also be a patient who urgently needed my help.

I picked up the call, but before I could introduce myself, Logan's voice attacked my ears.

"Listen to me Lariss."

He sounded so annoyed and determined.

"You've been ignoring all the letters I sent to you and when you finally replied, you told me to fuck off," he continued and I dropped my handbag, sitting down to listen to him.

"My father is very sick and you have to help him," he said and I scoffed.

"You listen to me, I don't owe you anything and I'm not going to help anyone, especially not anyone from a family who treated me like shit," I retorted in anger.

"I don't care what you say right now, but if you refuse to help me, I would see to it that I expose your identity to the humans," he threatened.

"I'm going to ruin your reputation there so you'll have no choice but to come crawling back here," he added. Humans were very scared of Werewolves and they hated us.

If anyone ever finds out I was a Werewolf, I would be in serious trouble.

"Go to hell Logan," I said and dropped the phone. I leaned into my chair and I kicked the desk in frustration.

"I hate you!" I yelled and threw the leftover box of pizza on the table across the office.

Why can't I be free of my old life??? Why do you have to come and torment me after so many years Logan?! He went from sending me letters to giving me a call.

What was he going to do next?? Come here to see me? What if he came here and found out about the kids?

I couldn't allow that.

I stood up and drove back home. Coincidentally, I and Jack got home at the same time and we both drove into the Garage.

He got out of the car with the kids and they ran to me to hug me.

"Hi, how was school?" I asked with a smile on my face.

"It was fine," Diana replied and they all nodded in agreement.

I walked up to the door and opened it. As we all got in, I stopped so they could come in.

"Take off your clothes and take a shower. I'll order something for us to eat," I said and they all raced to their rooms.

"Jack, I need to talk to you," I said and dropped my bag on the couch.

"Yeah, I was gonna ask if you were okay," he said and I gave him a questioning stare.

"Huh?"

"Dr. Frank told me you phased out during surgery and you almost made a mistake," Jack said.

"What? So are you monitoring me now?" I asked, flaring up suddenly.

"No, he was showing some interns the surgery procedure and he casually asked cause he was worried," Jack said, giving me the "why are you so tense" look.

"I'm sorry," I apologized and sighed.

The whole thing with Logan was already making me so tense and I just took it out on Jack. He didn't deserve it.

"It's okay, I think you need to rest, you seem stressed," he suggested.

"Yes, I will."

"You wanted to tell me something," he said and I nodded.

I folded my arms across my chest and sighed.

"Jack, I want to put the kids in a boarding school."

"What?!"