A love worth fighting for

Richmond's POV“What's your problem Richmond?” Mr Sullivan or rather my dad's voice thundered into my living room immediately I opened the front door of my apartment. He slammed the door behind him, the heels of his oxford following right behind meIt was a norm for him to come banging at my door once there's a complaint from school, but not on a Monday morning, not when I have been at my best, in school though“What have I not done this time?” I stopped to answer him, already tired of his unending demands on being a better son, and pissed at his presence. “I'm tired Dad, I am really not ready for all these naggings. My word, it's an early Monday morning, don't you have a briefing at work?” my eyes met his rage filled eyes.“I wouldn't be here if you learnt to behave properly. You can't just live as you want Richmond, you can't rub all this shame on me.”‘Shame?’ what the fuck was he talking about?’ I ran my head through everything, every activity, every corner that I would have messe

Aside from partying; reading medical journals and medical books keeps me sane. Becoming a doctor has been the best decision of my life, it's the only thing I have.My attention drifted from the ipad screen placed on the table in my study to the mobile phone that buzzed non stop. Brad.Bradley asked if I could offer him a ride to school. “Yes man.” I nodded. “Sure.” I went into the bedroom, threw a black tee over my naked skin and with all the excitement and energy of a new day, I made it down stairs to start preparing.‘Today should be a good day.’ I said to myself, dancing every step through the stairway.“Hey.” A female's voice which I could only remember it's moaning and screaming my name almost the entire night startled me, breaking the excitement, the dance.I froze, my heart skipped, but started beating harder and faster almost immediately. “Jeez.” The only word that managed out of my throat.“I'm making breakfast.” She smiled and pursed her lips.Her blonde hair was packed wi

The meeting with my dad went worse than anticipated, I barely said a thing. He kept jumping from me doing this to not being that but I was patient and tried to not give my emotions a chance.While he was running his mouth, my thoughts were on their race; jumping between the short moment my eyes were locked on Dr. Liz Starr's, and the chances of my medical career being interfered by my hurting past. By Anna. By my betraying mom.If I have to get past this, I'll have to take Brad's ideas; I'll have to make peace with myself. Choose the grief of being hurt over a medical career I'm proud about.But what if my mom is dead? My heart beat became harder and faster, I wished my dad would skip to that.But like always, everything had to be about him. When he noticed I was calm and unresponsive, he told me the reason he invited me over.Turns out his firm won a huge case and now he is the solicitor for the biggest Biotechnology company in the country, BioTEK.I was pissed that he called me out

The hallway was a lot busier than usual. I maintained my focus ahead like I always, not concerned about who was passing-by.The last person I had wanted to talk to met me just at the entrance of the lecture theatre allocated to my class.“Hey Richmond. I've been trying to reach you for about two days now.” Anna stood in front of me, obstructing my passage. Her hair was packed into a ponytail revealing her green eyes.“What for?” I replied, a smirk masked on my face.“Dr. Starr's assignment.”Memory of the evening with Dr. Starr filled up my thoughts. I shoved it off as I shoved Anna out of my way. “Excuse me.” I mumbled.I went straight to my seat at the left back corner of the lecture theatre, not replying to anyone's greetings. I was popular on social media a few days ago, probably why they want to fraternize with me. This feeling made me proud of myself, and I was determined to do better in my academics.Bradley came in with Lauren. It looked like they had slept in the same house,

I reluctantly dressed up in a pair of grey shorts with a vintage shirt after washing my face in the bathroom sink. The breeze would be heavy when it gets dark so I carried my jacket.I hadn't had that long hour of rest in a while. Brad had called twice, Lauren too. I didn't feel any interest in attending this party. It was optional but I had to be there for Brad, the same Brad who's betraying me.The last school party I attended only came alive when I stepped in, that was two years ago, probably that was the reason Brad wanted me to come. He wanted to enjoy the party with Lauren and he wanted me to add live to it.The drive down to the beach was slow, quiet. Only honks of impatient drivers blared on every corner and police siren chorusing about some few blocks away.Dr. Starr's lips had made an impression on mine, my brain had made a snapshot of her smell, I could still scent her on my skin. Our kiss didn't live long, though not in my head even though it didn't get past that. Her wor