Chapter 92: 92. The news.
"Ma’am?"
"Yeah Stella, I can’t find the file on the list of all failed projects of Harford foods I asked for."
"One second ma’am. I am certain I put it on your desk and— oh! No, it’s here. Sorry ma’am." She hangs up and almost instantaneously she tottles into my office with a file in her hand.
"I am so sorry Ma’am. I was so sure I had submitted it to your desk while you were at the eting." She apologizes as she hands the file over to .
"It’s alright, just always make sure you double check." I say as I adjust my glasses on my nose and begin to go through the file.
"Star-Grace hospital,"
My ears catch the words that are coming from the television. The words caught my attention because I am very familiar with that particular hospital.
I lift my head and stare at the television, and indeed, J wasn’t mistaken. I heard right. Thee image on the screen is talking about a Doctor in Star-Grace hospital.
"Stella can you increase the volu of the TV for
before you leave?"
"Yes of course ma’am." She says and even though she was already at the door about to exit, she walks back to the television, picks up the remote from the glass shelf and does what I asked.
"That’s enough, thank you." I say and she bows and walks out with a smile.
Star-Grace hospital, that’s where Rowan works.
The news is about a certain doctor’s misconducts... Could it be...
Today, Duke went on another of those spontaneous short trips again, but not before telling
to make sure I watch the news today. He didn’t tell
what news in particular. Is it the morning news, twelve noon news or the six pm news? He didn’t say. He just urged
to keep the TV on at all tis so as not to miss the news.
He refused tell
what he wants
to see on the news, he just told
to make sure I watched the news. So I left the television in my office on and reduced the volu.
I really wondered what he wants
to see.
"As of today the information that reached us shows that the said Doctor has carried out an estimated total of seventy-eight illegal surgeries, thirty-five of which led to unrecorded deaths of patients." Could it really be Rowan?
That is not all, the said Doctor, Rowan Fletcher," Oh my gosh. I instantly take off my glasses so I can listen well. "has also been accused of forging docunts and signatures of patients, and even blackmailing certain patients with their dical records and extorting money from others. even though it is a Doctor’s duty to keep his patients information confidential." So I was not his first victim! It wasn’t his first ti forging signatures and forging docunts. How in the world did I end up marrying such a man? I devoted five good years to that man.
"Here is a video of a young woman who was a victim of this Doctor, nas and faces have been blurred and removed for the protection and safety of patients."
The screen goes blank for a second before a vide begins to play.
"I was seventeen when I got pregnant and I couldn’t bring myself to tell my parents because I knew they’d be so disappointed in . My boyfriend tried to talk
into keeping the baby but I refused, I was scared it would ruin my life and shatter my parents hopes." I can imagine what she must have been feeling at that ti.
"I was scared of taking abortain pills because I’ve always been scared of self-dication. An older friend of mine then introduced
to Doctor Rowan Fletcher, saying he was going to help
carry out the abortion without anyone ever finding out. I was scared, but I was more scared of disappointing my parents who had been struggling so much to raise
so I agreed. I went through with the abortion and it was successful but then two weeks after, I started getting calls from the doctor, he was blackmailing
to give him more money." What? He was extorting money from a seventeen year old?
I can’t believe it! I can’t believe he’d stoop so low? I know Star-Grace hospital pays their doctors well. I don’t think Rowan was in pressing need for money so why would he go as low as extorting money from a teenager?
When they said he was accused of blackmailing and extortion I never would have imagined his victims to be teenagers!
"At first I thought he was rely bluffing but then he showed
pictures of my ultrasound, picutes of my pregnancy test results, and even an entire video of
undergoing the abortion. He threatened to expose
to my school and parents if I didn’t give him what he asked for. I tried to explain to him that I was from a poor ho and there was nowhere I could get that amount of money from! He_he then said— he said if I wanted to keep everything a secret, and I didn’t have the money t offer, I should offer my body instead."
At those words, a sudden cold sizzle through my body from my toe to my head and then back to my toe before going tk settle down at my spine. I can feel the hairs on my skin standing as goosebumps rise to thee surface of my flesh.
So that was his goal all along. The money he asked for from her wasn’t what he wanted. He knew a teenager was never going to be able to pay him. What he wanted to the start was her body.
Oh Dear God, I feel faint. I think I might throw up any mont now.
"I was scared, I had no one to tell. I couldn’t tell my parents and I couldn’t tell my boyfriend because he was never in support of the abortion in the first place. So I had no choice but to yield and for almost six months, twice in every week, this man was sleeping with ."
"Jesus have rcy!" I have no idea when I exclaim those words.. Stella instantly cos running into the office. "Ma’am, what is the matter? Are you alright?" She asks.
"I_ I’m fine. I’m fine, I was just startled that’s all. You can go back tto your post." I say.
Dear God, I’m shaking. I’m shaking so badly. Stella walks out of thee office but not without giving
a slightly worried look.
"He slept with her more than once." H_how did I end up marrying such a man? My entire body is hot and cold at the very sa ti. I can’t believe he slept with a teenager and forced her to do it multiple tis! "What kind of madman are you, Rowan Fletcher?! And how in the world did I not see it?"
"My life hasn’t been the sa since then. I broke up with my boyfriend because I was always feeling guilty around him, my relationship with my parents moved from good to worse because I was always angry at everyone. It’s been two years since then and I still haven’t recovered from the trauma."
Two years...
I was still married to Rowan then. He was doing sothing like that to a young girl and I didn’t even know it. I still longed for a man like that. I still waited for him to return ho at night. Back then I was still hoping he would co ho and hold
in his arms, not knowing he might have just forced himself on a young girl.
"Imagine a doctor taking advantage of a young girl, a minor! Blackmailing her into having sex with him until his list was satisfied." The news has switched back to the anchor.
"And you will think that is the worst thing he’s done? Think again. This young woman is just one of his many victims. I’m certain a lot of our viewers at ho would think these things might not be true, but I assure you before ai
ring this news, irrefutable evidence has been gathered against him. From call logs of victims to emails. The police did a search and seizure of his ho and office and found four distinct hard drives detailing his many cris from the date they were committed to the nas of victims."
And I lived in that very sa house with the very sa man and didn’t realize what a wicked soul he was.
"Earlier this morning the police arrested him but sohow he escaped while being transported. There is now a worldwide manhunt for Rowan Fletcher. If you happen to co across this man sowhere, please don’t hesitate to dial 911 or call one of the numbers on your screen. He is considered highly dangerous and a hazard tto the society."
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