Twelve

Helping to look at his patient, he ordered his son to take the tool at the end. I just sighed as I looked at what he was doing and at him.

"Who are you really?" he just said suddenly causing my eyes to turn to the patient and him.

"Oh?" I just answered suddenly.

"Are you talking to me or her, doc?" asked the struggling patient.

The patient looked at me and I knew he was talking about me.

"Which of us are you talking to?" I just asked him.

"You," he just said to me and I turned to him.

I didn't even respond to what he said and I looked at my patient before taking his hand.

"I'm your friend in the Philippines, Leo, we met because we went to the same school where we were studying. I was surprised when you and your family left when we graduated," I said.

"Are people like you accepted in the Philippines?" he asked me without looking at me.

"Yes, people like us are welcome in the Philippines, I think it's only here in Australia that the mind is still closed about us and the other creatures t