Ethan- An Open Heart Story

Epilogue

I sneered at the Boston Bay from my apartment.

The late night winds were filled with the warmth of the day. They brought the changing daylight against my face. The world was quiet at this hour which was a comforting presence in the busiest cities. It was slightly unusual to imagine how quickly everything changed. Day by day, second by second as if it was already planned somewhere always meant to happen. 

So many questions...so many faces...so much to remember! But at this moment I was just wanted to be away from everything.

It slightly felt good to relax finally after a day of uncertainty.

I knew I was already breaking so many rules when I brought Naveen in. But I didn't cared. I valued life more than anything and for all the things he had done for me, I was still not doing enough. I would rip the world if I had to but I would find a way to cure him. And I would fail, it will make me a person who would no longer will to lead this life.

I knew I was in deep shit ever since I came to Boston. But I fucking didn't cared. Why would I even? I never wanted to be that person. My family did force me to become that and for a long time, I enjoyed it. Now it was nothing but similar to the bite of a rabid animal waiting to strike at any hour. I was prepared for it and I would face it.

What I really cared now was...about the consequences of everything.

I may not be the one to bear the avenging thunder of that decision but everyone near me would. They would be the collateral damage. Every day I saw peacefully was a gift but I was on borrowed time. Borrowed time which was running out and who knew how long I had before everything caught up.

I was scared for my brother back at NOLA but I would not help him, no matter how much my hands inched to fight along side with him. I would never forget that the night had not forgotten me. It had sent its ilks after me, to destroy me. And I would have gone away simply without trace.

Once a killer...always a killer.

I was trying to make a new life here. I had successfully built one too but all of the sudden, almost ten years later the circle got completed and now the curse would act upon. And I never knew who was it going to be. Perhaps it was Dolores...perhaps it would be Naveen...and perhaps it would be...

I shook my head and gripped the railing tightly.

Then my thoughts wondered to a pair of life bringing hazel eyes and all of the sudden, nothing mattered except her. She was like the life itself, coming away in the darkest times...had been with me in the darkest times and had never judged. I had been so harsh to Charlotte yet she continued being a transluminal and wonderful doctor who was loved by everyone.

I knew I was strangely attracted to her which was totally unprofessional but my feelings weren't ready to judge that. I felt drawn to her ever since I collided with her in the first day. Her scary eyes meeting mine, determined to save the patient. And then in the bar where I saw the...casual side of hers which got me riled up in the mountain of all block headed emotions.

And then Dolores....

My friend would always be in my heart. And I knew she was at peace now, somewhere. She wasn't meant to go like that...but she did anyway and left behind a life named after me. I would do whatever I could to make sure that he would be safe.

And I remembered Charlotte who waited for me whole night, watching over that life.

Life did bring life.

I sighed. And Naveen.

Fine. Ethan, let's make a list. Get it done with. And leave this place.

What was the endgame now?

Cure Naveen. Finish that Fellowship. Make the best intern join the department. Deal with my submergence regarding Charlotte. Never forget her. Never forget Boston. Talk with Nik.

Was I missing.....yeah that.

"I am supposed to torture some interns tomorrow. How should I begin?" I spoke to no one.

Silence.

I shrugged and asked, "Well, I hope I would get some answers for everything before my time ran out."

This time, the wind crashed against my face.

I smiled slyly.

Being a doctor meant saving lives, that what everyone thought.

But everyone needed to know that being a doctor meant, to fight the inevitable.

And I wasn't just a doctor. Before being one...Iwas a secret. A deadly, silent and ever-watching secret whose key was eternallylost in the depths of cold nothingness. 

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That's it! The final for ETHAN! 

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