Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"Daddy it's me," Alex whines.

"Yes sweet pea what can I do for my baby girl today?"

"Well… I'd like to know who was the patient that was transferred last night?"

"Now you know I can't give you that information sweet pea. I already gave you information earlier this morning that you should not have gotten and your mother didn't appreciate being awaken at that ungodly hour by the phone ringing."

"I'm sorry daddy." "Don't apologize to me sweet pea, call your mother and apologize to her and do it today."

"I will daddy, I'm really sorry about this morning. I was very upset and I'll continue to be upset if you don't tell me who that patient was. Please daddy, pretty, pretty please. I'll love you forever."

"Oh! But I thought you already loved me forever?"

"Daddy you know I love you very much."

Mr. Wardell Van Der Meir was Alexandra's father and the head administrator of the hospital. He was also on the board of directors at the hospital where Ashley worked. A highly respected man in his fifties he was tall had a well-kept physique, gray eyes and a full head of gray hair.

He and Spencer's father were college roommates. They both attended and graduated with degrees in administration from the same university. After graduation they remained friends, attended each other's weddings and tried to get their gay daughters together by introducing them to each other… didn't work. Now and than Wardell would invite Arthur and Paula over for dinner or ask them to accompany him and his wife to some social event.

Wardell doted on his daughter, whatever she wanted he made sure she got it. But he wasn't please when he found out his daughter was dating Dr. Ashley Davies. Please not because he didn't like Ashley but because he knew if their relationship turned bad she would want him to do or use his influence to punish Ashley, which he did not want to do. To him and the board Ashley was a valuable asset at the hospital. To lose her would be to lose money that the hospital needed. He knew that all the surgeries she did at the hospital, helped pay for the newest innovative CT and X-ray machines. Her surgical expertise lured the best in qualified applicants to apply for positions in his hospital. He in no way wanted to lose Dr. Davies because of her relationship with his daughter. On the other hand, he also wanted to make sure his little girl stayed happy.

"The patient was Spencer Carlin, Alexandra."

"Spencer Carlin… the Spencer Carlin that I know, the romance writer?"

"Yes sweet pea that Spencer Carlin."

"I haven't talked to her in ages, why does she need to go to a rehab daddy?"

"I see you still don't watch or listen to the news. She was in the news for several days a month ago. She was in an accident that left her paralyzed from the waist down. Your Dr. Davies did an experimental surgical procedure on her recently to see if it would help her walk again. The paper said she was on her way to the airport when the accident occurred and you know who was driving when she had the accident?"

"Wasn't Spencer driving?" Alex asked.

"No sweet pea, her girlfriend Carmen Martinez was driving."

"Carmen…Oh my God, I don't believe you daddy."

"Yes sweet pea, Carmen your so called good buddy was driving drunk, hit a truck, caused a ten car pile up and put her girlfriend in the hospital. Now Spencer is paralyzed. I want you to stay away from Carmen she's bad news. Do you understand Alexandra?"

"Yes daddy I have to go now, I have an appointment I'm going to be late for if I don't leave right now. Goodbye daddy."

"Goodbye sweet pea."

/

Ring, Ring.

"Hello!"

"Hello Carmen, it's Alexandra."

"Al how the hell are you doing?"

"Fine I thought we could meet tonight for dinner."

"Sure why not I'm not busy, where do you want me to meet you?"

"I'll pick you up, say around sevenish. Are you still living in that quaint little apartment?"

"No! That was Spencer's apartment, we broke up and she told me to take my things and get out of her apartment."

"What! You and Spencer are no longer a couple?"

"That's right, I'm living in the Bel Air apartments on Pine Avenue. Do you know where that is Al?"

"Yes I've been through there before. Okay so I'll see you at seven, goodbye."

Alexandra's POV

This is proving to be very interesting, Spencer was involved in an accident that left her paralyzed and my Ashley feels the need to take care of her eventhough she is not her patient. Now Carmen tells me she and Spencer are no longer together and just last night Ashley tells me she doesn't want to be with me anymore. What the hell is going on? I think I'll make time to visit with Spencer at that rehab center to see what kind of relationship she has with my Ashley.

/

"Okay Spencer we're going to start with ten pound weights so your upper body can get strong enough to support your lower body."

"Dr. Dennison, I thought we were going to exercise my legs to stimulate some kind of feelings. Why do I have to do this weight thing?"

"Spencer we must go slow, we need to strengthen the body parts you can move before working on your lower half that doesn't work," Aiden explained to Spencer.

"I want to know why I can't receive visits from Dr. Davies? I want to see her Dr. Dennison," Spencer said getting irritated with Aiden.

"I had restricted Dr. Davies visitations because you have become too dependant on her. Spencer she is hindering your progress. I told her to stay away from you for six weeks."

"WHAT SIX WEEKS!" Spencer yelled. "Why?"

"Because that's the time I think you need to break your dependency of Dr. Davies." Spencer was upset with Dr. Dennison and she was going to show him by pouting like a spoiled child. "I want to go to my room Dr. Dennison. I don't feel well right now."

"Spencer we haven't even started, we need to do this therapy today."

"Well we'll do it later, right now I'm tired. I'm going back to my room, will you please be so kind and ask Sean to help me get into bed."

"Fine Spencer we'll continue your therapy in a few hours."

Aiden was also upset with Spencer's refusal to do her therapy. So instead of having Sean take Spencer back to her room he instructed him to take her to the visitor's lounge. He did not want her sitting in her room sulking. So she sulked in the visitor's lounge.

"Ms. Carlin you have a visitor," a rehab coordinator said to her. Spencer turned her wheelchair around to see Alexandra standing in front of her.

"Spencer I heard about your accident, I'm so sorry. I came as soon as I found out."

"Alex what are you doing here?" Spencer asked.

"I'm here to visit with you darling what else?"

"Yes darling… what else?" Spencer said suspiciously. Spencer knew Alexandra and was always suspicious of her and never trusted her.

"And I'm so sorry to hear about your break up with Carmen."

"Mmhmm!" "Is that all you have to say Spencer? I came all the way out here to visit you and you…"

"Why did you come here Alex, it's not like we'll friends? We are merely acquaintances and nothing more. Your parents know my parents that's it."

"Spencer that is not true. I've tried to be your friend but you keep running away from me, like I had the plague or something. You've been doing that since our parents first introduced us."

Spencer looks at Alex with a slight smile and a tilt of the head, "I don't like you Alexandra. That was established when our parents tried to get us together. You were too uppity for me."

"Ha ha Spencer that is funny," Alex said trying to control her anger towards Spencer.

Aiden is standing at the nurse's station writing some notes in Spencer's chart when he looks up to see Ashley walk in. He groans, "Ashley what are you doing here? I told you not to come and see Spencer for six weeks. You promised me if I let you ride over here with her during her transfer you would stay away. So why are you here, huh?!"

"I know, I know Aiden, I just wanted to see how she was adjusting, then I'm good for six weeks…I promise."

"Fine Ashley, she's in the visitor's lounge."

"Thank you Aiden," Ashley shouted hugging him tightly. She walks down the hall towards the visitor's lounge and hears a familiar laughter. Spencer face lights up like a moth to a flame when she sees Ashley, a gesture that did not go unnoticed by Alex.

"Good afternoon Ms. Carlin, I came by to see how you were adjusting to your temporary home," Ashley said looking at Alex .

"I'm doing good Dr. Davies it's nice to see you."

"Alex what are you doing here and how do you know Ms. Carlin?" Ashley asked suspiciously and hopefully sounding nonchalant. She did not want to give Alex any reason to start harassing Spencer.

Alex watches Ashley and Spencer closely. "I came to see Spencer, we've known each other forever."

"Our parents know each other Dr. Davies," Spencer interjects.

"Oh! I see, well I'm going to talk to Dr. Dennison to see how you are progressing than I'll come back to say goodbye. I have rounds to do in an hour. Goodbye Alex," Ashley said looking at Spencer.

"Ashley wait I'll walk with you." Alex grabs on to Ashley's arm hugging onto it, placing her head on her shoulder while Spencer glares at their backs. Turning her wheelchair around Spencer misses Ashley jerk her arm away from Alex.

"Ashley seriously what is going on with you and Spencer. When see saw you her face lit up like a Christmas tree. Is she in love with you?"

Ashley stops walking to look at Alex, "why are you here Alex? Ms. Carlin is a well known writer and not once while we were seeing each other have I heard you mention her name. You who loves to be around anybody with celebrity status, if she is such a friend to you why haven't you ever mentioned her?" Ashley asked.

"She's a writer, I'm not into reading books that is so boring. I don't hang with that kind of crowd and I didn't know she had been in an accident until my father…"

"Oh yes your father, that's why you're here. You found out it was Ms. Carlin I was with and the cause of me missing your important function, now you're trying to make something out of it. Well there's nothing going on. I am her doctor… period."

"You were her doctor, now you're a visitor like everyone else or maybe you want to be more than her visitor Ashley. I saw how you looked at her," Alex whined.

"I did surgery on the woman, I would like to keep up with her progress since I was the surgeon. I would also like to know if the surgery I performed on her will enable her to walk again or not. EXCUSE ME IF I SEEM CONCERNED," Ashley angrily said. "Alex either go back to visit with Spencer or leave. You're not here to talk to me. I going to go and find Dr. Dennison so excuse me."

Ashley's POV

God! What in the world did I see in Alex. The woman is a spoiled pain in the ass. My ass to be exact. You would think after the words we had early this morning she would be too mad to talk to me. She's up to something and I wish I knew what it was. I hope she leaves soon so I can talk to Spencer before I have to go. This is the only chance I have to do that, since I promised Aiden I would not come back to see her for six weeks.

/

Alex leaves without saying goodbye to Spencer. What she witnessed between Spencer and Ashley was enough for her to realize that she has competition for Ashley's affection.

It shouldn't be too hard to get Ashley to come back to me knowing her sexual appetite. It's only a matter of time before she realizes Spencer is not woman enough for her and being paralyzed what can Ashley do for her? I'll go home and get ready for my dinner with Carmen, I'm going to need her help to get Spencer away from my Ashley.