1. My Heart #romance COMPLETED

Chapter 4

Dinner

At seven o'clock Dr Baker met Ricardo's for dinner in the dining area.

"Wow, you sure went all out on dinner, but I will only spare a few minutes as I have to look into my other patients before my husband comes."
"Husband?" Ricardo asked surprisingly.
"Yes, my husband. Wait don't tell me you thought I was single. I've been married for the past six months now."
"That is good to hear, your husband is a very lucky man, he said disappointedly. Anyway tell me about your work here. This place looks pretty decent for a small town hospital."
"Thank you very much, we do try to run it smoothly. So tell me something about yourself Ricardo, any family?

"Well I have no one, my parents died in a plane crash, two years ago. I am 30 years of age and as you know own one of the biggest software programming company in the world. I have no siblings, and the people I call my friends only stayed by my side because of my money. Oh and last but not least the world sees me as a playboy, but all those women are just arm candy, I don't see myself as a use and dump kind of guy, my father taught me better than that."

" I am sorry about your parents passing, your father must have been great if you have such morals," she said with a weak smile.

"If you don't mind me asking, how are you and Larry really related, you don't really look alike?"

"Larry is my step brother, after my dad passed on, my mother remarried Larry's father, even in their old age they found love. It wasn't really hard to accept Larry as my brother because we were already mature adults."

They continued their light conversation getting to know one another, but soon Juliet left him to see her other patients.
As Ricardo headed back to his room, he accidentally bumped into a tall blonde man and fell down sending shocks of pain to his leg.
"Watch were you are going you useless fool!" shouted the blonde man

"Oh my goodness, Ricardo! Are you alright, asked Juliet as she came running to him and helped him up to his room."

Ricardo couldn't help but overhear their conversation as they stood outside his door.

"Anthony what is wrong with you? You could have seriously hurt my patient!"

"You better what your tone with me; or else, he said in a harsh whisper."
"Look i'm sorry, but please don't make trouble next time please, Juliet begged him."
"Let's go home, I haven't had dinner. He said dragging her along the hall."

Juliet knew she had to tread carefully tonight or she would have to have a story ready to explain any visible bruises the next day. Anthony had been a perfect gentleman towards Juliet before they got married, her confident in times of need, her six feet,brown eyed, blonde haired hero. But soon after their wedding things changed, it started as verbal abuse that soon became physical.

She couldn't tell her brother knowing that would cause serious trouble. Over the past month she had been secretly talking to her lawyer about a divorce to escape this life. Juliet was tired of it all, daily she saw victims of abuse come to the hospital for help but she never thought she would be one. She never depended on Anthony so her freedom wasn't at an expense; she could take care of herself completely. And she couldn't wait for the day she would get her freedom.

Ricardo could not sleep that night he did not like the way that man spoke to Juliet. He felt protective of her, after all she was his friend and she did save his life.