Russian Doctor Daddy by Lena Little

Author:Lena Little [Little, Lena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-11-25T18:30:00+00:00

8

Delilah

I wake up the next morning and the first thing I see is a book of Russian fairy tales next to the bed. I have no clue why Viktor has it, or how it got next to the bed, but I do remember him reading me some stories, although he did so in English. He must have been translating on the fly.

I also remember the hot chocolate he made for me, the back rub, the extra pillow he got for the bed, and the way he spooned me from behind all night, keeping me warm and making me feel safe. And safety is my top priority right now, but not for me, for my grandma.

“I need to know what’s going on with my grandma. I need to see her.”

“Usually first words in morning are greeting, not demand, malyshka,” he says.

“I’m sorry, it’s just that I can’t go on not knowing where she is, how she’s doing, everything about her. I’ve been the only one who actually cares for her for all these years and I need to see her just as much as she needs to see me. And I can’t just accept words, to hear that she’s okay. I need to see her.”

“Okay,” Viktor exhales. “But you must understand her health will get worse before it get better.”

“Viktor!” I grab him by the white t-shirt he’s wearing, clearly, he’s gotten up and made himself well before me. “My grandma can’t take much worse. And why, why would you ever do that in the first place,” I pound my closed fists into his chest.

“Calm down, little one,” he says, letting the ends of my fists make contact a few times before grabbing my wrists and holding me steady. “This is enough,” he decides, allowing me to release some frustration on him like a punching bag, but apparently no more. “Other doctor, although he should not even be called this, had your grandmother on drug cocktail just to keep her alive, never to get better. She is going through withdrawal symptoms from things he give cause her to become addicted, but we are monitoring everything and she will be fine. More importantly, she will be healthy when I am finished treating her.”

“We? Who’s we?”

“You think I do everything alone? I have eyes on grandmother, by her side, forty-eight hours a day.”

“Forty-eight hours? You’re just being ridiculous.”

“Two persons, around the clock, watching her, making sure everything is okay.”

I bring my hands to the corner of my eyes to dab away the tears, but Viktor quickly offers his shirt, and I can’t resist. “Just…just let me see her.”

Pulling out his phone he taps on what appears to be some sort of app and a live video stream appears. “This is Igor,” he says as a man immediately comes into view. “And this is, Delilah,” he adds, introducing the two of us.

Igor makes the smallest of head motions to acknowledge my existence and then Viktor nods and Igor switches the camera from selfie mode to the back camera.

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