My Psycho Psychiatrist

Chapter 5

Chaeyoung

I woke up because of the noise that's coming from the kitchen, I stood up groggily and made my way outside to prepare myself for work.

I then saw Lisa eating by herself, "Goodmorning.." I greeted her, when I sat, I noticed her lost in her thoughts.

"Yah, Lisa" I raised my voice a bit so that she could hear me. I saw her jolt up and blinked lots of time, it was like she was not really here earlier.

"Yeah?" she asked me a bit confused.

"You okay?" I asked, concern, Lisa smiled gently and nodded.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking about something.." I nodded and was about to change the subject, but before I could, Lisa sighed.

"Hey Chaeyoung-ah, something weird happened during my call with Dr. Kim"

"You really went for it, huh? okay, what happened?" I asked, hoping Dr. Kim didn't get mad at her for the sudden cancellation.

Lisa continued "Well, you know how I want to cancel everything with her, right?" I nodded.

"Here's the thing, she didn't let me. She just offered me to have free sessions with her, which got me confused."

My eyes went wide in excitement. "Really?? That's great Lisayah," I exclamied. "You won't need to worry about money for your appoinments now."

"I know, but I don't know if I should take it, I didn't even know they can do that, you know.. give free appointments." I squeezed Lisa's shoulder, she really seems having trouble deciding this.

"Well, she must really care for her patients. And free therapy? That's generous."

Lisa nodded, a bit unsure. "Yeah, I guess"

I wanted to say something more reassuring, but her phone rang loudly, interrupting our conversation.

"Sorry, Chaeyoung," Lisa said, grabbing her phone. "I need to take this." I smiled at her, understanding, as she went to answer the call.

Lisa

"Hello?" I hurriedly answered.

"Hi, Lisa? This is Ms. Choi."

"Oh hi Ms. Choi, I'm surprised you called, since the photoshoot is still next week." But a pang of dissapointment only filled me with her answer.

"About that... I'm sorry, Dear, but I have to cancel. Me and my fiancé broke up, So no need for the photoshoot."

"But everything's ready," I said, trying to hide my frustration.

"Oh.. Well, I apologize for that, but there's nothing I could do" Ms. Choi answered.

I took a deep breath, trying to stay calm. "I understand, but can we at least discuss the compensation?" I asked, hoping she would be understanding.

I heard Ms. Choi hesitated. "I'm sorry, Lisa, but my ex-fiancé is the one that should be handling that, he's the one you should talk with." I just scoffed at her.

"But a lot of effort went into this!" I argued with her, my voice getting louder by the second.

"I'm sorry, Lisa, just call him, you have his number right? He might pay you."

"MIGHT!?" I shouted.

Feeling frustrated, I hung up and paced the hallway, trying to calm down. But my anger only grew. How could they cancel without any consideration for all the effort I had to put in?

After a few minutes, I dialed Mr. Lee's number

after what felt like an eternity, Mr. Lee answered the phone. "Hello?" his voice sounded like he just woke up.

"Hello, Mr. Lee, this is Lisa, your photographer, I'm sorry to disturb you, but Ms. Choi told me the reason of your cancellation for the supposed to be pre-wedding photoshoot, and I'm deeply sorry for what happened, but since everything is already prepared, I would just like talk to you about the payment?"

"What payment? tsk. that selfish woman, didn't even pay for this. Look kid I'm really all over the place right now, because of the wedding cancellation, I have to pay the other services my ex-fiancé arranged."

"But I'm not charging you that much, just the time I prepared for the shoot." I said, getting a bit teary eyed.

I heard Mr. Lee sighed. "If everythings done, I'll get back to you, just please, not right now." then he hang up the phone.

Frustrated, I throw my phone to the ground.

The front door opened, revealing Chaeyoung in uniform, ready for work.

"Hey Lisa I'm off to ---" she didn't get to finish her sentence when she turned around to face me.

She noticed the phone on the ground and my reddish face because of anger.

"Hey, are you okay? what happened?" she asked, voice sounded worried.

"I don't want to talk about it.." I replied, picking up my phone before walking past her to enter the apartment.

I shut my rooms door and threw myself onto my bed.

Sighing.

Suddenly I heard a buzz from my phone. I got surprised since it's still working.

I checked the message and saw it's from Dr. Kim.

"Hi, Lisa! still waiting for your decision, but I hope you're doing okay. :)"

I smiled when I read the message.

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