THE DOCTOR'S LOVE TRAP

68. Mental Illness

News anchors are still heard reading the latest news today. Of course, one of the hottest news was about the capture of a doctor who was none other than Claire.

His arrest was quite shocking because in addition to being found guilty of planning abuse on one of his colleague's wives who was a fellow doctor. His residence also found many of his collection items that make the public agape.

Claire is known to collect objects such as daggers and other sharp objects that are of course illegal. It is not yet known what motive he kept all the items, but based on the examination he will also be further examined to find out his mental health condition.

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"Els? Why is the tv turned off."

Abrine was surprised when suddenly her husband came home and immediately grabbed the television remote to stop the spectacle exclaimed his wife.

"Why hear the news about him again? I don't want you to think too much about it and empathize with it."

El sat next to Abrine who folded his chest hand with his face bent.

"It's not so, El. The news now is the discovery of the sharp objects that became his collection."

"I told you, he's crazy."

Abrine took a deep breath.

"That's it, baby." El scrambled Abrine's hair at a glance. He just doesn't want Abrine to think about this anymore. "Your name is not mentioned in the media, is it?" tanyanya.

"Looks not, they just said about Claire's partner's wife. I know what they mean is me but thank God they didn't mention my name at all. I'm afraid my family in Indonesia will be worried."

"Yes, that's what I'm looking after. Good..."

El passed to their room and Abrine followed behind him, preparing for her husband's needs to be worn after bathing.

Abrine decided not to work all day, not because he was mentally weak because he thought about yesterday's events, but it was El who actually forbade her to leave the house before Claire actually got her place behind bars.

El was ready for his bath when Abrine served the man's dinner.

"What does my husband want to eat?" chirps Abrine makes El smile.

"You want to eat my wife, is that okay?" el asked while wrapping his hands around his wife's waist.

Abrine chuckled, especially when El kissed his nape while tickling his stomach at the same time.

"El.." Abrine protests, but El doesn't stop him until Abrine asks him for forgiveness and he stops tickling his wife.

"I've lost my appetite." El looked at Abrine seriously.

"Then?" tanya Abrine rolled her eyeballs.

"Let's play, just for a second."

"But, El---"

Abrine could not bear to see her husband's face made as eleventh as possible. He finally nodded as well.

The two of them returned to the main room and made love until late.

"El, why is my stomach cramping..." Abrine said as he held his stomach.

Hearing that El immediately flinched. "Am I being too rude and hurting you?" tanyakanya.

"Not really. Is it possible because I'm coming to the moon, huh?" Abrine keeps his monthly cycle in mind. He should have come months ago.

"That's possible. Or is it because of yesterday? Did they hit you in the belly?"

Abrine shook his head, the next split second he got up from his lying position. Covering his innocent body with a blanket while grabbing the phone on the nightstand.

"Els? Can I come out for a minute tomorrow? I want to go to the pharmacy?" he looked at the calendar on his own phone. Yeah, he's really late for the moon.

"Rapid? You really feel that sick?" El's face turned worried.

"I'm going to buy a testpack."

Hearing that El's forehead wrinkled. Only two seconds, because after that he immediately smiled. "Darling, are you pregnant?" tanyanya enthusiastic.

"Come on, but I'm late for the moon."

El hugged his wife as fast as lightning. "Hopefully you're really pregnant, Brine."

"Yes, I hope." Somehow Abrine just felt lethargic about this. It's not that she's unhappy that she's actually pregnant, but she's still thinking about Wildan's speech at the time. What if she gets pregnant later El will think of her like Pevita? Then make amends to Pevita through him?

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Abrine just came down from his apartment building for a bit. He went out to buy a testpack. El has said he will buy it after he works, but Abrine is impatient and wants to buy it himself. After all, the location of the apothecary was not too far from his residence.

At the pharmacy, he met Kristy.

"Abrine?"

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm atoning for Galvin's medicine. It just so happened that the pharmacy near the hospital where I worked the medicine was empty so I came here" Kristy explained.

"Oh. yeah-yeah."

"What are you doing yourself?"

"I want to buy a testpack."

"You pregnant?" Kristy put on a smile.

"New to check."

"Hopefully you're really pregnant. I pray for you, yeah."

"Thanks, Chris. Um... are you busy?"

"Why?"

"If you're not busy, let's stop by my apartment" Abrine asked.

Kristy looked hesitant but then she nodded in agreement.

The two walked for a while because of the short distance, until they arrived at the apartment that Abrine occupied.

Abrine serves a cold drink to Kristy's consumption. They turned on the television and apparently the news about Claire was still being aired there.

"You know, he was arrested because of me" Abrine said, surprising Kristy.

"Really?" Kristy's face changed. There was shock but also relief there.

"Yes, he hired thugs to harass me."

"Gosh my god."

"Do you know him? I overheard Galvin and El say his name back then."

Kristy was quiet for a moment. Until he finally looked at Abrine with a sad look.

"Claire. Galvin's ex-lover."

"You're serious?"

"Yes, and Galvin suspects that Claire left him paralyzed. Galvin's accident had something to do with Claire, she sabotaged the car Galvin used."

Kristy lowered her face. Like there was a burden that he bore himself but I don't know what.

"But I don't know Claire because of Galvin. I knew Claire first. He used to work at the hospital where I worked."

"It turns out the world is so small to us, Kris. He's just been mutated to the hospital where El served."

"Yes, he's in mutation for fighting with me. I know the secret."

"Confidential?"

"Yes, it's her secret that just came out in public. Strange, he's a doctor but he's also mentally ill. Looks like he's a psychopath."

Apparently Kristy was the one who caused Claire to be mutated because Kristy accidentally saw all the women's collectibles at home. Claire does like sharp objects ranging from unique shapes to daggers that have a history.

"Why did you get to see all that weird collection?" ask Abrine. Suddenly he remembered the incident that night, where the movements of Claire suspicious when before kissing El forcibly that time.

Yes, that night Claire hid the knife behind her body. Not wrong anymore.

"I didn't know she was Galvin's ex-girlfriend. I helped Galvin and we were dating. Apparently Claire found out about it, she took me to her apartment. I don't suspect anything at all. Apparently he has a plan for me. He himself released me to choose which knife he would use to kill me. From that moment on I knew the secret to the knives. From then on I knew she was Galvin's ex-girlfriend."

"Oh my God, Chris"

"Yes, so not only are you the one who almost fell victim to it, but so have I. Thank goodness I managed to escape that time."

Abrine rubs Kristy's shoulder, which causes Kristy and Claire to fight. Kristy also said that she had reported Claire's crimes to the hospital, but Claire was able to quibble and instead asked to be mutated so that there was no more commotion.

"He chose his own hospital, and his choice fell to the hospital where your husband worked. Maybe he's already planning something for El."

".... I should have reported it to the police station instead of the hospital, I regret being too rash" Kristy said later.

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