Encounter

Part 15:Meet Dr. Gwendolyn Bloom, Extraordinaire Part One

Carolyn's POV

Terry dropped me off at Harley Street  and would wait for my return. I entered the building with some anxiety. I have never been examined internally as yet. I supposed I'm coming quite late to the table, but such was my upbringing. Freddie gave me the name Dr. Gwendolyn Bloom. And then he assured me she was tops in her field. 

I entered her office and was greeted by a very friendly receptionist. I told her my name and she looked at me in a curious fashion, did she recognized me, I wonder? I found a seat and waited to be called. The patients all seemed to be quite upscale by the looks of their clothes and jewelry. Would Freddie know run of the mill physicians, of course not, even his cat food was bought at a specialty grocer.

The walls had photographs of famous people with the doctor and several with musicians. One in particular caught her eye and that was of Elton John. Why so many photographs of musicians, oh well, I suppose I can ask her myself. 

"Miss Jane Doe, the doctor will see you now" said the receptionist.

I entered the office quite nervously and sat down across from her desk. I looked around and saw countless degress and diplomas. One intrigued me as I rose and walked over to it. It said, Doctor Gwendolyn Bloom, Doctorate of Psychiatry, Cambridge. WHAT!  I thought I was going to a gynocologist not a psychiatrist. What did Freddie get me into?

" OK, I'm terribly sorry, Dr Bloom, but there seems to have been a major mistake. I'm not here for psychiatry I'm here to see a woman's doctor" said Carolyn.

Ohh, I see, you looked at the degrees. I am double degreed Miss Doe. I am primarily a gynecologist, but it certainly helps to have a psychiatry degree as well for some cases" Dr. Bloom said.

"Please have a seat. I understand your confusion.
Now you see Miss Doe... Listen, I can't keep on calling you Miss Doe. That isn't your real name is it?"

" No, I'm afraid it's not Doctor Bloom".

"It's Carolyn Guilaut."

Hearing this, Doctor Blooms head raises slowly and look straight at Carolyn and said "Why you're Princess Carolyn aren't you?"

As Carolyn nodded, Dr. Bloom told her receptionist by intercom to cancel and reschedule her next two appointments and send in some tea for two.

"Well, before we begin, let's get the formality out of the way, shall we?"

" Will I be addressing you as Princess Carolyn, or it's just Carolyn?

"Carolyn"

"Good, and I am Gwen.'

"Now, suppose we start from the beginning. Just why are you here Carolyn and what can I do for you?"

" It's so complicated I hardly know where to begin"

The secretary walked in and served the tea, left and Carolyn began to relax.

"Go on, Carolyn" urged Dr. Boom.

"I've lived a very repressed and cloistered life in the castle with my father. My mother died at an early age and I was brought up by various governesses, nannies and servants. They chose my clothes, schools, being mostly home-schooled and the books I was allowed to read. Any questions I had about sexuality was ignored and basically forbidden. It was like living in an medieval age. I wasn't allowed to touch myself in any way that was deemed inappropriate and questions about my body were ignored.

I wan't allowed to read D.H Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and was being groomed  to be a virginal bride for some royal that my father would chose. One morning, I woke up took all my jewelry, any money I had lying around and fled. I wasn't deprived, I had the best clothes and jewelry. I was very privileged. I grabbed my stuff. and went to the garage  to get my red Ferrari. I managed to leave the estate but soon was being followed and was given chase throughout the streets of London.. I managed to evade them, and wound up in Kensington. Driving so fast and crying at the same time I crashed into a lightpole in front of a walled house. I must have blacked out because when I awoke, I was in a posh house and being tended by two men.