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VII.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚖𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕 𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜 ❌

𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔

𝑴𝒂𝒚𝒂

"Hello, is Malakai Davis available?" I spoke into the other side of the phone.

"Good morning Mr. Davis, it's nurse Maya calling from the research center inside of Hope Hill Hospital. How are you today?" I asked kindly.

I'd be a complete lie if I didn't admit that Malakai had an alluring voice over the phone and if I hadn't seen him in person I would automatically assume the worse about his beautiful appearance. Although he had been such a good looking guy, one thing I took serious was my job. So even if I were interested I wouldn't dare take the chance. "We have your results down here in our lab, if you'd like please feel free to stop by today and I can go over them with you." I insisted.

Patient care was always my number one passion and I always took their feelings into consideration when reading their results. Most nurses couldn't care less about what they were reading on the paper. For most of them it was just like reading a script for a play.

"Alright Mr. Davis, see you soon. Goodbye now." I hung up the phone and continued on with my duties for the day. It was a gloomy day here in the city but my spirits were still high. Who knew getting rid of dead weight would feel this good? I was free from the shackles of Amir's sorry ass. I could move on, start over and be free. Now I could focus on fixing up my credit and opening up my own clinic. Something I always wanted to do but had been so busy caring for a grown ass man, I lost my vision to do so.

I was prompted to get back to my old self. Get into the gym, eat healthier and enroll myself into some business classes. I sighed at the relief that I felt from being abused all those years. Heck, the other night I cried myself to sleep as I thought I'd never escape that life.

"Hello I got a call from nurse Maya, she told me I could come down here for my results." I could heard in a distant. Our section of the hospital was fairly small, so voices traveled quite easily.

"Hey there! You could follow me to the back. Let me just grab your file and we'll go somewhere quiet." I smiled.

Malakai didn't appear to be as happy as the last time we've met. His handsome face was filled with worry, and his body language seemed to be more anxious. "Alright we'll go in this room over here. You can take a seat over there. But before we dive into things, how are you Mr. Davis?" I asked before opening what could be potentially life changing.

𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒂𝒊

I paused at the unsettling question that made my heart beat into a sudden burst. Emotions were running high and I did not know what to think of Maya's' normal question.

"I'm good I guess." I lied. There was a side of me that felt weird sharing my emotions with a complete stranger. Though Maya's soft smile and kind eyes made me want to give in. I opted to keep my answer to the bare minimum.

"Well Mr. Davis—."

"Please call me, Malakai."

"Well Malakai, this is a safe place. I'm here if you ever feel the need to talk. However if you don't trust me, we have a wonderful therapist here at Hope Hill Hospital." She smiled handing me two cards, one belonging to her and the other belonging to a man by the name Simon.

Opening up the large white envelope, Maya begin to go over the results of my test. Half the shit she read went into one ear out the other. Big words, even someone at my level of success couldn't comprehend.

"In other words Malakai, your results came back negative. There's no signs of cancer in your body." She plastered a big smile across her beautiful face.

Tears of joy folded into the creases of my eyes. I couldn't believe what I just heard. My life has been shattered in the matter of weeks, between losing my father and the love of my life. Maybe this was a sign from the man up above to move on, start over and get back to me.

"You're blessed Malakai, not every one gets to hear these kind of results. Heck, go have some ice cream, buy yourself something nice. You deserve it." Maya added before standing to her feet.

"Would you like to join me for ice cream? I know I'm your patient and all. But in all honesty I could use a little pick me up right now." I replied hoping I didn't sound like a creep.

Zola had been the only woman I've known most of my life. Hell I didn't even know how to flirt even if I tried. Asking Maya out for ice cream was just my way of saying thank you. Her professionalism and how she treated me made me feel a whole lot better.

"I don't know Malakai, it's a tad bit risky stepping outside of work with a patient. But I mean, a little ice cream couldn't hurt right? Aunty can use some butter pecan." She giggled innocently.

Exchanging numbers, I found myself looking forward to meeting up with Maya for ice cream. Not that it was anything more than her being a good person, she made me feel things I haven't felt in a long time. I prayed to God and asked him for guidance into this new journey I was about to embark upon. Majority of my life I've always lived in the shadows of other people, now here I was starting over and doing things differently. No more moving out of fear and playing it safe. The pain and the anger that plastered deep down inside me, was going to be turned into passion.

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