Stay With Me

 

 “What if Kelly calls back to send more information to me? He's not gonna reach out to me if my phone is off,” George thought. He also considered the possibility of Derek not calling back. 

After a thorough deliberation, he finally came up with the conclusion. “I think I'm just going to turn the phone. There's no way Derek is gonna reach out to me again. It's been ten minutes since I ended the call. He's a busy type. There's no way he would want to waste his calling me for too long,” 

George finally turned off his phone.

Like a patient dog, he waited and stared at his phone. He hoped that Derek would never call back.

Somehow, George's wishes came to pass. Derek didn't call, and neither did he text. It was a sign for George that he was free from Derek's troubles. 

Unfortunately for George, his happiness was short-lived when a familiar face returned to the ward, forcing him into action. 

His blood pressure Increased drastically to what he never expected. 

He wished the ground would just open and swallow him already. 

“What the fuck are you doing here? 

I thought we're done talking about this?” George questioned. 

Fear wandered on his face like a lost hen. The return of this individual was the last person he least expected. It was scarier than he thought. He wanted the individual gone immediately without having to talk about it.

******

Still rooted in his fear, Kelly stood at the entrance of the doorway, contemplating his decision-making. “Am I making a terrible mistake doing this? Perhaps, Ciara was right. I shouldn't be here,”

He had a thousand thoughts tormenting his head, making it difficult for him to decide easily. 

“I just gotta do this. 

I already made a promise to George.

It would be unfair for me to snitch on him at the last second.” Kelly muttered succinctly. It was a tough decision for him to make because he knew Ciara, his daughter, would be affected in the process. 

Slowly, Kelly landed a soft knock on the door as his heart pounds heavily. 

“Who's there” A male voice asked. 

It sounded so deep to the point where Kelly wanted to run away due to panic. 

Kelly hasn't met with the person behind the voice yet, but he was damn expectant for a scary encounter.

He knocked at the door again.

He had no idea what he was doing due to the immense pressure.

To his greatest surprise, someone with a striking resemblance to George stepped outside shirtless. He was sweaty, too. It was none other than Dexter, the arrogant son of George. 

“Hi. You are sweaty,”

Kelly mumbled in panic. He wasn't conscious of his utterances.

“It's none of your damn business If I'm sweaty or not. What the fuck are you doing here? Because I can't recall inviting you here,” Dexter smirked. He slammed the door the moment he noticed that Kelly was trying to peep inside.

“You haven't my question 

What are you doing here?

Did my father send you?” Dexter asked again. He was never running out of questions to ask. He was so damn prepared as though he knew that Kelly was coming.

“Baby, where are you? 

I've been waiting for you.

What's taking an eternity to get back to the bedroom?” A female voice spoke to Dexter from the living room.

Kelly looked away 

He would rather not get himself involved in Dexter's saga. All he ever cared about was bringing Dexter to the hospital. He doesn't care if Dexter decides to have sex with all the girls in the world.

“ I am coming.

Just give me a moment 

I will be with you shortly," Dexter assured his secret lover. He already concluded that Kelly wouldn't discuss something important.

“I just a female voice from inside. 

Who was that? Are you alone?” Kelly asked Dexter. He wanted to let it slide, but the desperation was killing him. He couldn't keep the question to himself for too long due to how troubled his heart was.

 

“It's none of your damn business 

stay out of my affairs for good.

Stop pretending like you care because I know you don't. I know a mother fucking hypocrite when I see one,” Dexter flared up. He wanted the conversation to end immediately, but he had no idea how to go about it.

“What I'm about to say you might sound like a joke but trust me, it's nothing but the truth. I won't lie with something like that,” Kelly started. He kept beating around the bush and refused to hit the nail on the head.

“Now I know you're losing it.

I blamed myself for paying attention to you. If I had known you were going to behave this way, I would have slammed the door against you,” Dexter said. His physical presence was with Kelly, but his mind and soul were with his mystery lover, waiting for him inside the house.

 

“It's about your father,”

Kelly finally turned. He quickly leverages the brief confidence that enclosed him.

At the mention of his father, Dexter turned back to focus his attention on Kelly. “What about my father? What happened to him?”

Kelly salivated. 

The words were too ambiguous to emerge from his mouth 

“Start talking, you imbecile 

 Are you going to keep me waiting for too long?” Dexter fumed. It wasn't just Kelly's silence that freaked him out, but Kelly's refusal to move his lips. It's as though Kelly's mouth were sealed. 

As Dexter sought means to get the much-needed information from Kelly, his mystery lover dashed outside dressed up and ready to leave 

“Please don't go yet.

Stay with me,” Kelly begged Anita, his mystery from leaving. To prove how desperate Dexter wanted her to stay back, he nearly went on his knees. However, his ego prevented him from doing that. He couldn't afford to lose Anita because of Kelly's intrusion. 

Not only will Dexter get mad at Kelly, but he might also do something stupid that may make him spend the rest of his life behind bars.