Can you mend my broken heart?

"That would be all Mr. Raymond. Please wait for a call from my receptionist for the next appointment schedule. I will line it up as soon as all your reports are ready."

"Thank you for your time and interest in my case, Dr. Nelson."

"Of course, Raymond. Your case is very unique. It's rare to see someone with no other injuries or issues apart from 'Acquired Prosopagnosia'. So I should thank you for coming over here."

Saying that Dr. Nelson extended his hand for a handshake.

A few moments after Raymond left, Dr. Nelson immediately called up Akira who was anxiously waiting for his call.

"Hello."

"Hello, Akira."

"What exactly happened can you tell me?"

"The thing is, the dosage of medicines for Raymond is quite heavy and she has also prescribed him with what we call as "downers."

"What is that doctor?"

"A 'downers' is a special category of drug that lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain. I saw that he is on benzodiazepine which is not good for him. Not good since he doesn't need them."

Recovering from the information that she had just received, Akira asked,

"So what issues this will create if taken by a normal person?"

"It acts like anesthesia, but like a local one. Numbing your feelings or sensations."

"So is that why...."

Saying that her voice just trailed off.

"What Akira?"

Her voice had already choked up. She was unable to amass whether it was the deed of Dr. Oshana alone or Sebastian had the knowledge of what she was doing with Raymond. Nevertheless, she was feeling all lost knowing that fact that Raymond was made to take un-necessary medicines and she was able to figure it out so late.

"Are you ok Akira?"

Dr. Nelson asked her again.

"Erm... Yeah."

He could clearly sense that she was all disturbed. So to divert her mind and to comfort her, he said,

"I have his MRI report. You can come over to my hospital, in case you want to discuss more. Plus we need to discuss as to how to handle Dr. Oshana because Raymond is execting me to inform Dr. Oshana about this whole episode."

"Sure !!! I can start from my office now. But will you have a free time slot for me?"

"I will see what I can squeeze in. Just let me know when you are about to reach my hospital."

"Sure thing."

Akira disconnected the call and immediately called up David.

David started pacing inside Akira's room after hearing about the whole episode. Akira stood in one corner of her office, leaning on to the wall, hoping against hope that David would figure something out to patch this mess.

"So?. How bad is it?"

David halted and looked at Akira,

"As I don't have a hold on the loose end, it is bad. She is clean from every perspective Akira and we have no way to prove that Sebastian was involved in all this."

Akira thought for a while and looking at David she asked,

"What if I can make her say that he is involved?"

"And how on earth are we going to do that?"

David asked as he had no clue of what was going inside that head of hers.

"I am going to meet Dr. Nelson to figure out something. We need to do something before Raymond tells her because she will not waste a second to tell about everything to Sebastian. If that monster can do these things to his own sone, then I wonder what else will he do next."

Then David looked all seriously at her and said,

"Well if you want then there are other extreme ways."

"Like?"

"Like I know men who would be able to contain her and seal the damage."

"For money?"

"Yes, for money."

"That would be my last resort, David. As of now, I am going to try to do something that doesn't involve money or guns or people."

"Then how and what are you going to do Akira?"

Taking a deep breath, Akira looked at David and said,

"That Dr. Oshana, she seems like a lustful woman. Although I hated the way she looked at Raymond, I noticed one more thing as well."

"What thing?" 

"She gave me the same look when she saw me at the conference with Dr. Nelson."

"But I guess you told me that she was afraid of her secrets being revealed, so she pulled him away from you."

"Yes, that did happen. But being a woman, I know that a bit of jealousy was involved too."

"So you think that she has a soft corner for Dr. Nelson?"

"I guess so and I will make sure that Dr. Nelson exploits it and gets the best out of her."

David thought for a while and said,

"I had no idea that you could hatch a plan this fast."

"Well, I had no idea that you knew men who could do certain things for money."

Saying that Akira smiled and picked up her car keys.