Being Hypocritical

"Oh, please stop the hypocrisy attitude, Kelly. Stop acting like you and Dexter were on good terms before his arrest. He hated you with the whole of him. Here you are, ready to take a bullet for you. I doubt if he would be willing to do the same for you," Doctor Escobar fired back at Kelly.

 He had no plans to indulge himself in the case until Kelly decided to become emotional. He had no choice but to react immediately. 

"Mr. Cooper, like I told you in the day, you will be discharged tomorrow. Please - try your best to avoid any trouble. I don't want you getting hurt. You should know what I'm talking about," Doctor Escobar advised George. It might sound like a doctor's advice to a patient, but Kelly knows that Escobar was taking a jibe at him. 

"Thank you doctor 

 I can't wait for tomorrow," George smiled, shook hands with Doctor Escobar, and turned to the other sides of the bed. He tried his best to avoid any eye contact with Kelly, who had been there for him since he was hospitalized. 

"Olivia, come with me," Doctor Escobar authorized. He walked out of the ward, leaving Kelly alone with George to sort things out themselves. 

After Doctor Escobar's departure, Kelly paced around the ward for a couple of minutes, processing what had just happened. 

The only words he could utter were. "I can't believe this! I can't believe this!" 

The way he repeated the utterances, made it seem like he was rehearsing for some powerful company's presentation. 

He got tired of speaking to himself and went over to George who was still facing the other side of the bed. 

George felt that someone was closer to his bed. Silently, he prayed and wished it wasn't Kelly. That was the only time he wished for Kelly to leave. 

"Likes seriously, George. You are going to pretend to fall asleep while your first son is passing the night in the cell?" Kelly spoke with aggressiveness. 

George didn't bother reacting to Kelly's rantings. He shut his eyes, pretending to sleep while he wasn't.

 He thought that would be enough to make Kelly leave. Unfortunately, Kelly was adamant to the point where he was forced to tap George's leg. 

The tap on the leg irritated George more than anything else. 

He tried his best not to retaliate. 

Kelly saw that and kept making an effort to get on George's nerves. Eventually, he succeeded in getting into George's thick skin. 

 "Kelly!" George sparked outrageously. He forgot Doctor Escobar's warning about staying out of trouble to avoid a repeat of the heart attack. 

"What do you want me to do about this? Didn't you hear what the doctor said about my health? Or do you want to complicate things?" George snarled. 

"Who cares about what the Doctor said? We both know he was only trying to spite me. Why am I even talking about him? He doesn't matter anyway. I only care about Dexter," Kelly insisted. He stood in the presence of George to mark the presence. 

Without uttering a word, George took out his phone, dialed some numbers, and dropped it 

Not too long after that happened, Kelly's phone beeped. He brought it out from his pocket, looked at the text, and shook his head sideways in pity. 

The text was somewhat complicated. He had no idea how to react to it.

Kelly spent the last few minutes staring at his phone. He suddenly became speechless. When he finally got the chance to speak, he said. "So you finally decided to pay me off for the night so I can stay off the case?" 

"I'm glad you can still read. Anyway, that wasn't the response I expected from you. A little appreciation would do. Ten thousand dollars doesn't come easily these days. I am pretty sure it would replace the time you spent with me," George spoke and winked at Kelly. 

I'm still glaring at his phone, Kelly walked out of the ward and buried his face to the ground in shame. 

That was the only moment that his poor financial status hurt him. All his life, he hasn't been insulted that way before. 

"I am sorry, dear friend. It shouldn't have ended this way. But I had no choice. You were becoming a pain in my ass. I needed to do something about it. Paying you off was the only way," George mumbled in regret shortly after Kelly's departure. 

He was tempted to call Kelly immediately and apologize for humiliating him that way if only Kelly would stop talking about Dexter. 

From the few Georges witnessed, he doubts that Kelly would be ready to back down from the case anytime soon

Immediately Kelly stepped outside to the reception, he met Doctor Escobar addressing the nurses. 

Immediately, Kelly changed his direction and pretended not to send Doctor Escobar. 

Upon sighting Kelly from afar, Escobar rushed to meet Kelly. 

"Kelly, please stop!"

Escobar called on Kelly, but the latter refused to halt. Rather, he kept walking faster just to avoid speaking to Doctor Escobar 

What Kelly didn't understand was that Escobar was faster than I. Just when he thought that he had escaped, Doctor Escobar pulled him back from nowhere. 

"What the heck is going on with you? Didn't you hear me calling on you to stop?" Escobar struggled to speak and panted heavily. He was already exhausted from running after Kelly. 

"That's because I don't want to speak to you. Is it that difficult for you to understand? Just leave me the heck alone," Kelly cried. 

"Come on, Kelly. 

We are both adults. 

We shouldn't be fighting like kids. 

Can we please come to my office and discuss this? I am pretty, we got a lot to talk about," Escobar begged as he clamored for dialogue. 

"We are adults and shouldn't be fighting. Wow!" Kelly mimicked Doctor Escobar and forced a smile. 

"You know, back then, you accused me of being a hypocrite because I wanted what's for everyone. Guess who's the hypocrite now? You!" Kelly clapped back. 

"Thank goodness George is getting discharged tomorrow. It would save me from seeing your ugly face. Goodbye, Escobar. You suck!" Kelly smirked and walked away. Doctor Escobar didn't attempt to call him back.