Disturb by Konrath J.A

Author:Konrath, J.A. [Konrath, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781453887684
Publisher: FreeBookSpot
Published: 2009-04-11T04:00:00+00:00

Theena focused on the floor, unable to bare Bill’s accusing stare. She could never make it up to him. She knew that. But at least she could offer an explanation.

“My real father had me late in life, when he was in his fifties. He died on my ninth birthday. Heart attack. It was sudden.”

Theena closed her eyes, tried to remember his face. The memories were elusive. She had a vague recollection of a dark, fat man, whom she and her mother feared.

“Nikos was my cousin. My uncle’s son, on my father’s side. After my Dad’s death, he began to see my mother. They eventually married. But there was a problem. I had a terrible crush on Nikos.”

Theena swallowed. She chanced a look at Bill. His eyes were far away, but he appeared to be listening.

“Nikos was everything my father wasn’t. He was my mother’s age, almost twenty years younger than my father had been. He was handsome. He was a scientist. And he treated me like a princess.”

Theena hadn’t spoken about this in over ten years, since she went to see that psychiatrist. He’d called it an Elektra Complex. The female version of Oedipus, being in love with your father. But Nikos wasn’t her father, really. He raised her, and acted like her father, but the incest taboo wasn’t there. In Greece, cousins are free to marry.

“Nikos loved my mother. He loved me, too, but not in that way. And I began to hate my mother for it. Can you imagine? Being jealous of your mom? But I was. I took up an interest in medicine, just so he’d pay attention to me. I knew I could win him over. And I did.”

Theena could remember the day clearly.

“I’d been terrible to him for many years. Teasing him. Leaving the door open when I showered. Walking around the house naked. Breathing in his ear when I kissed him goodnight. He always remained a perfect gentleman. Up until the day I graduated high school. That night, while my mother slept, he came into my room.”

It had been Theena’s first time. Recalling it still gave her shivers.

“We tried to hide it for a while, but my mother eventually found out. She left us. I begged Nikos to marry me. At first, he refused. He was becoming prominent in his field, and didn’t want the scandal. I convinced him, eventually, and we had a secret ceremony. But while in public, I had to be his daughter. I took the last name Boone, just so I could wear his ring.”

She smiled ironically.

“Here’s the funny thing. For years, I was always competing with my mother for his attention. And then, when she’s finally out of the picture, I had to compete with his work.”

She stared into Nikos’s eyes, wide open and dead. They looked at her with the same feeling as when he’d been alive.

“N-Som was his dream. His life. I became a neurosurgeon so I could be part of his dream. But he was never fully mine.

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