THE ALPHA'S LOVER

turn after dinner. I was glad about that. He had a very busy day ahead of him. I wondered if I should leave him a note before I left for the hospital. I didn't want him to come looking for me,

was time to leave my husband and my child. It was going to take a lot of courage

round, that is the impression that he gets. The last thing I wanted to do was make a bad impression on the man that was going to take my son fr

o be busy. I didn't want to be late and risk

nch. I bought a sandwich and some drinks. I sat in my car eating my lunch and watching life go by. People would walk by and wonder what I was doing and I just smiled at them. It was as if I had my own car instead of driving his. I d

drove through the streets, I noticed that there was traffic. It was bumper to bumper. The hospital was probably jammed full of people

p and smiled at me. I must have looked pretty bad, with my eyes red and my hair all messed up from the rain.

u here to see a p

" I r

left, just across the hall. Someone will co

the hall and I wa

ours. Finally someone came over and told me that the doctor was ready to see me. I sto

e the problem?"

tion for pain medi

in with or without the med

erviews were canceled. I came here because the insurance compan

he problem?" T

have tried pain pills, but it

prescription, so why don't you com

r, but I was at work. They sai

he right prescription, since you already ha

e to tell me the right p

ons you have taken and some other drugs. You have suffered a lot

don't want to take

to take any drugs unless you fee

done?"

go now." The

o work at the office and talked to the HR person. The whole company was under new m

my phone rang a

the Department of Social Services. Can I

ome on over,

es, but I could feel water dripping. My mouth was numb from not having eaten or drank for a few hours, so I was not expecting

understand what was happening, and I was screaming my head off. I finally came out of