Can you mend my broken heart?

Oshana turned back towards the seating area after finishing her snacks and when she saw Dr. Nelson sitting next to Akira, skimming through Raymond's report file, her heart skipped a beat.

Suddenly an unknown sort of fear gripped her heart tight.

Dr. Nelson was one of the best doctors in New York and seeing him skimming through Raymond's file was not something that she was wishing for.

So she came back rushing towards them and as she closed in, she asked,

"Hello, Dr. Nelson. Did you hear my paper? Do you have any opinion about it? I would love to hear more about it if you have some time for me. You know how much I appreciate constructive criticism."

Saying that Oshana grabbed the file from Dr. Nelson's hands and said,

"Oh, you are checking my patient's file? If he is of a subject of interest then I have a lot of detailed reports about him on my laptop. If you can come with me then probably I can share them and a few other case studies with you".

"Well, I couldn't help. She seemed a bit disturbed", saying that Dr. Nelson turned and gave Akira a glance before turning back towards Oshana and said,

"Yes, maybe some new case studies will increase my appetite for today", saying that Dr. Nelson got up.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Oshana handed over the file to Akira and said,

"I am going to steal him away for some time now. Hope you won't mind that", and saying that she gave a wry smile looking at Akira and then led Dr. Nelson towards her seating area.

But neither Akira was concerned about that wry smile of hers nor Dr. Nelson's absence. She got busy searching for various case studies online.

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As he sat in his flight he called up Sebastian.

"Hello, Raymond here".

"My son !!!", Sebastian exclaimed.

"This is Raymond here", Raymond said again, with an extremely stern tone.

Sebastian, who was initially very happy just to hear his son's voice, suddenly got all doused by the tone with which Raymond spoke with him.

He was his own flesh and blood, but all these years, he had received nothing but hatred and contempt from him. But he was used to it. He was used to the fact that his own son was not going to forgive him, like ever.

It was a dream for him to hear him call him dad just for once, but he also knew that the chance of that happening was one in a million. He wished for things to get better after he woke up. He thought that he would forgive him as David had told Raymond about the herculean attempts made by Sebastian to save his life, and he expected his son's heart to soften, but given the current circumstances, he knew that the chances were bleak now.

"I hope you are keeping your part of the promise", Sebastian replied.

"I am New-York bound right now, all alone, by myself".

"That's good to hear".

"I will come to your place to discuss the terms".

"You can rest tonight. We can talk about it tomorrow".

"No, I want to get everything done by tonight".

"You seem very eager".

"I hope you have called your men back because I swear to you, Sebastian if she gets as much as even a scratch on her skin, then the whole thing stands void."

"I am very much aware of it my son".

He felt like his body was getting repulsed, the moment he heard him call him as his son. Because for him, the only person who had the right to call him as 'son' was his mother.