Putting Dexter On Leash

"In normal circumstances, I would kick your friend out of the hospital. Maybe I shouldn't have attended to you in the first place because you wasted my precious time," the Doctor lamented. It didn't seem like he was gonna stick to his word after the delay. 

"Please, don't do this. 

I knew what it took me to get him here. I don't want my effort to be in vain," Kelly pleaded. He knew it was that time when he needed to stay humble just to get what he wanted. 

 "What's going on here? Where's my father? Where can I sign the consent form?" Dexter asked after he joined them. 

Doctor Escobar and Kelly never responded as they both shared a telling look. They both seem to have the same thoughts running through their head. 

"Can someone please say something?" Dexter flared up. 

Ignoring Dexter's ranting, doctor Escobar told Kelly. "Can you please teach this boy some manners?" Doctor Escobar walked to the office after the instruction. 

"What is he talking about? Did you bring me here to be insulted?" Dexter fumed, directing his frustration at Kelly. 

"If that's the reason you brought me here, then I as well go back home," Dexter added. He got the perfect excuse to leave, and it came at the right time. 

"Hell no, you can't," 

Kelly pulled Dexter back with one arm. 

"That man is the doctor attending to your father. I am pretty sure he didn't mean what he said. He is just upset that we showed up late," Kelly took his time to explain the reason for Doctor Escobar's rage. 

"We?" Dexter echoed. 

"Did you just say we showed up late? Why didn't you explain to the doctor that my father delayed us? Perhaps, if he had accepted my demand, we would have sorted it out a long time ago," 

"Okay. I apologize for blaming you. It was entirely my fault. I accept the responsibility. Can we go now?" Kelly pleaded. He was doing everything possible to make Dexter put a finishing touch on the consent form. 

"Fine! I agree with you, but if he dares try to speak to me in that tone of voice again, I will leave and never return," Dexter warned as he finally accepted. 

Immediately they got to Doctor Escobar's office; Kelly stepped forward to prevent a time bomb from awaiting explosion. "Before you speak, I want to apologize for what happened out there. Trust me, Dexter is a cool guy. He isn't who you think he is,"

Doctor Escobar sighed. He had already prepared his utterances before Kelly's apology returned the words to his mouth and sealed his lips. 

"Sign here," Escobar passed the consent form to Dexter, indicating where to insert his signature. 

Kelly had his eyes focused on Dexter's hand, making sure that Dexter signed the form because he was quite aware of what Dexter was capable of doing. 

"Thank goodness! 

It's over now," Kelly exclaimed and did a cross sign after confirming Dexter's signature on the consent form. To him, it was more than a narrow escape to death. 

"We are done now. 

I guess I am allowed to leave," 

Dexter asked

"You're just gonna leave like that? Without seeing your Father?" Doctor Escobar asked. He already promised not to get himself in Dexter's affairs. However, this one seemed too crucial to be overlooked. He can't seem to fathom how a son wouldn't care about his father's health condition. 

"And who are you to tell me what to do? Who made you the judge over my life?" Dexter clapped back just when Kelly thought it wouldn't get any worse. 

Kelly exempted himself from the chaos and took no side with anyone. The only thing he cared about was ensuring that Dexter signed the consent form, and that has been accomplished. Anything else that happens after that is irrelevant to him. 

"Kelly, can you please say something? 

Maybe he would listen to you. I don't want to say what's on my mind right now." Doctor Escobar backed off to allow Kelly to handle the situation. 

"Dexter," Kelly initiated the conversation with Dexter.

 He wasn't done talking when Dexter silenced him with an upraised arm. "Don't you dare say what's on your mind. I already did what I came here for. I don't want to get myself involved in anything else. It's not as though my father is dying anyway. It was just a normal panic attack. I'm sure with a few treatments, he would be fine," 

"Just a small panic attack? 

The same attack you caused? 

What the fuck is wrong with you?

Can't you be focused for once in your entire miserable life?" Kelly roared like a wounded Lion. He's been keeping quiet since for reasons best known to him, but not anymore.

 Dexter had stepped on his toes and pushed him to the wall so many times he just couldn't ignore it. 

"Now you listen to me. 

You are not going to speak to me that way next time because you are not my father. My father won't even dare speak to me in that tone of voice, let alone a pauper like you," Dexter responded immediately. 

Out of anger, Kelly stood up and raised his hand in an attempt to land a thunderous slap on Dexter's face. It took the intervention of Doctor Escobar to stop him. 

"Please, let it go. 

You don't need this. 

I don't want you fighting with some kid that could pass as your son," Doctor Escobar begged. It was strange seeing him advocate for peace. Considering his tough personality, it would have been argued that Escobar isn't a staunch advocate for harmony. 

"Why are you begging him to stop? 

I want to see the stuff he's made of. 

It's often said that poor men and anger issues are inseparable like Siamese twins," Dexter mocked Kelly with wicked laughter. 

It was Kelly who was insulted, but it was Doctor Escobar who felt it inside his bone, forcing him to step into action as he kicked Dexter out of the office. 

And when Dexter refused to leave, Doctor Escobar called the security, who showed up and bundled Dexter outside like a criminal. It was indeed a relief for both Doctor Escobar and Kelly.