Chapter 21

Diamond’s POV

‘Say ahhh.’

The young boy opens his mouth and I insert the swab into his throat to take a sample of his mucous. After taking the swab, I am to put it into a sample bag and give to the nurse, but instead I just stare at it.

‘Dr. Smith’, the nurse calls.

‘Oh sorry, take this to the lab and tell them to run a test on it. It’s probably just a bacterial infection but we still need to take precaution.’

Take precaution.

My mind immediately wanders to Lennox and how much precaution I would take being around him.

I can’t do this.

I can’t go back there and most importantly, he can’t know about them.

‘Doctor?’

‘Give him antibiotics, penicillin, to relieve the pain.’

‘Alright Dr. Smith.’

I hurry back to my office shutting the door behind me. I pull out my chair and sink into it, burying my head in the table. Just then, I hear a knock on the door. The person doesn’t even wait for a reply and enters into my office.

Rebecca.

Of course and I scoff.

‘Are you okay? I saw you rush in here,