'Til death do us part

Chapter 18

Hearing the phone ring, he gulped down on the wine he was drinking and looked at the caller ID. He wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone, including his beloved. He didn't dare answer it and let it ring for a couple of seconds more until it stopped. He attempted to pour himself a glass of wine but ended up drinking the wine straight from the bottle. His phone now began buzzing with messages as he looked at it in annoyance, "not now please," he kept repeating the words as the notification sound kept continued.

He took it and put it on vibrate mode, he stood up still holding the bottle of wine. He walked to the bedroom and sat down and began thinking, "should I tell him before the DNA appointment? What will I say, how will I bring it up? No... I should probably wait for the DNA to confirm that I am not the father. Yes I am not... I shouldn't worry myself, its going to be fine... I am not the father and when the confirmation comes, I will not utter a word to him, " Bo Xiang closed his eyes as he went on a trail of thoughts and within minutes he was asleep.

He suddenly jerked up from the floor and rushed to his phone. Waking up, he remembered that he needed to call the doctor to arrange the DNA testing appointment before his husband can fly back to Taiwan. He dialed the doctors numbers and within a few seconds, after literally three rings the doctor answered, "Hello Mr. Sun, how are you?" the doctor asked

"Good evening Doctor, I am good just feeling a little bit under the weather. How about you?"

"Ah... As always, tired from running around the hospital attending patients. You are lucky that you caught me, I just came back from assisting in surgery,"

"Ohhhh... Is that so?"

"Mhhh... Anyway, let me not bother you with my work. What do I owe this pleasant call? I know it's not a courtesy call... Are you good? Is Zhi Gang okay?" the doctor asked. Bo Xiang didn't answer, he struggled speaking. He wanted to speak but he began stuttering and eventually kept quiet. The doctor began getting worried and impatient," Bo Xiang... " he called out," what is wrong?"

"Doctor... I need your help," he finally spoke after what seemed like minutes of being silent, "Zhi Gang is okay, I am okay too..."

"Then what is wrong? What can I help you with? Does it have anything to do with Wen Jie?"

"No... No it doesn't. It has everything to do with me,"

The doctor was now confused, "you just said you were fin-"

"I am," he said, cutting the doctor's words, "Uhm... I Don't want to say this matter over the phone. Can I come by at the hospital right now? If you're not busy but if you are, I can wait in your office or... " he broke down and let out sobs

Worried and afraid, the doctor asked "Bo Xiang... What's wrong? What's going on?" you could hear him pacing around the office after jumping out of his chair

"everything is a mess, I-I fucked up Gao Chun... I fucked up," finally, he let out a loud cry followed by a scream and cursing... Gao Chun didn't respond but let him be until he began crying softly

"where is Zhi Gang?"

"He's... He's....not here. He's still in the... In the states,"

"I can't come right now but tell you what, I'll come by your house around 9pm... I'll drive straight to your house right after my shift okay?" He said, "try not to hurt yourself, hang in there within a few hours I'll be there. Everything will be okay, I promise," he tried assuring him as much as he could. Bo Xiang nodded repeatedly, "Okay... Please hurry. I need your help," he said before hanging up

As one person was busy trying to finish up his work before 9pm because he had lied to his friend as he wanted to be by his side, it seemed like the work was piling up; he had just went to work thirty minutes ago and was supposed to knock off at twelve. He tried speeding up, checking up on his scheduled patients. Careful not to give wrong medication during his speeding process, he concentrated more on the prescriptions and cut down small talks he used to have with his patients. "seven thirty," he said as he looked at the long queue outside his office, 1,2,3,4," he began counting them,"20!" he shouted in a both disappointed and angry voice which made his assistant nurse surprisingly confused, "I need to get out of here. I won't finish in time,"