Deadly Desire

Chapter One

Khalani Scott

"Sì, zio. No, sicuramente non è facile. L'università mi ucciderà prima che il mio cuore abbia una possibilità." I joked with my uncle as I took a sip of my delicious iced coffee.

[Yes, uncle. No, it's definitely not easy. University will kill me before my heart has a chance.]

I thought my dark humor was quite good until I realized only I was laughing and could hear my aunt yelling at me in the background.

"Khalani Valentina Scott! Non farai battute del genere. Not around us at least." She mumbled the last part

[You will make no such jokes.]

"Sì, sorry Aunty, I have to go to my check-up now though, talk later, okay?"

"Of course, Lani, tell us if there's any new information, okay?"

"Yes, yes, I know, Ti amo, bye" I hung up before they could answer me.

[I love you]

I shut my laptop, put it into my bag, and started leaving the cafe not before waving to Anna, the owner.

Anna is a sweet old lady, she opened the cafe after her husband died, she had a passion for baking and making coffee, so she decided to pour all her love into this cafe instead of sitting at home lonely with nothing to do.

Maple Cafe is now one of the most popular in town.

Living in the heart of New York was everything but easy, it was so busy here. I loved it, but the number of tourists annoyed me sometimes, I understand that many people love New York City and it's their dream to visit, but there were always people taking photos and pointing out things.

Most days I was okay with it all, other days I was in a rush to get somewhere and people would stop me asking how to get somewhere or when it opens.

I would answer them politely, of course, but every time I would just think to myself, I see you using phones to take photos, how come you don't just google it?

Every day I just remind myself I'm here for school, and it'll all be worth it once I get my JSD and hopefully become one of the best lawyers in the country.

All I know is I'm going to be paying off a lot of student loans once I finish my schooling.

That's why hopefully when I become a big lawyer I can pay off the loan a lot faster and it should be easy if I have a big enough income.

Walking into the doctor's office always has me worrying, although I know my condition and I know I'm probably overreacting, I can't help but get really worried every time I come here.

I don't want any bad news.

I walk up to the receptionist and wait patiently as she is on the phone with someone, once she is off the phone she peers up at me waiting for me to say something.

"Hi, I have an appointment under Khalani Scott" I inform her as she starts typing into her computer.

"Right, of course, Ms. Scott. Your doctor will be with you in a moment," She says

I walk into the waiting area where it is mostly quiet, only a couple of others waiting, and they all look up at me as I walk to take my seat.

I smile at a few because I don't know what else to do when they're all just staring at me.

While waiting in the doctor's office I started scrolling through all my social media feeds catching up on everything that has happened in the past 2 hours since I've been away from my socials, not much had changed though.