I didn't want to imagine myself in Doctor Williams' shoes. Nathan knew. Of course, he knew. He could see right through my lies and anxieties. Then why wouldn't he notice the ocean of guilt in the doctor's and his mother's eyes?
The doctor readjusted his spectacles, trying his best not to let his expressions give his crime away. "What do you mean? Who did you see me with?"
Nathan's eyes narrowed to a dangerous extent. "Do I need to see someone to confirm this? The proof lies on your neck."
"I didn't know I was a prisoner here. I have every right to form a romantic or sexual relationship with any consenting adult in my spare time. You can't stop me from living, Nathan," the doctor dared to say. That man was walking on thin ice. Nathan had punished people for simply existing. I wondered what he would do to his doctor, who dared to have an affair with his mom behind his back. Bury him alive?
A vein became visible on Nathan's forehead. He was madly furious. "You're not wrong. I can't stop you from doing any of that, and I have no desire to do so. I am only mentioning this because I doubt your involvement with someone related to me through blood."
The doctor coughed, and his loose spectacles fell off his face. He bent to retrieve it from the floor, but Nathan grabbed it before he got his hands on it.
"These glasses hold many secrets." Nathan studied them with a look of sadism. "I suppose they would tell me if I asked where its owner's eyes have been. Have they seen something forbidden that can get them into trouble?"
"Look, Nathan..." Williams began.
"Sh! I don't want your mouth to say a thing," Nathan cut him off. "A hidden camera I had installed in your office shall clear all my doubts. I have many hours of footage to see and learn the truth myself."
I gripped the sheets, waiting for the doctor's response. The tension in the room was increasing by the second. I had only come to give a test. What I didn't expect was to walk into a trial.
"That is against the law. You can't have a camera in your employee's room without informing them. It's a breach of my privacy," the doctor went ballistic on him.
"Believe me. No one wants to see you naked. It's one reason I haven't watched it or let anyone else watch it," Nathan ridiculed him.
Doctor Williams first took a sigh of relief. Nathan only had doubts about him. He had not seen anything. "What about my female partner or partners? You have no right to watch them naked without their permission."
Nathan smiled smugly at him. "I am way ahead of you. I'll have a trusted female watch the entire thing and report back to me. She'll have the pictures of all the women in my family with her."
"Why, Nathan? Why me?" Doctor Williams touched his forehead. "Do you do this to all your male employees?"
"I have no reason to. None of my employees have a hickey on their neck or a bruise from a wild kiss on their lips every other day. I have a right to keep an eye on a highly sexually active single man who roams freely in my home where my cousins come to visit me. Some of them are even underage, making them an excellent target for creeps," Nathan responded. "You are free to leave now. We'll have an answer soon."
Helpless rage burned in Williams' eyes. He wanted to kick or punch a wall, preferably Nathan. "Fine. Do whatever you want." The doctor seized his glasses from Nathan's hand and walked to my side of the bed. "Would you come outside and take Nathan's new prescription from me? He seems only interested in busting me for baseless crimes, but I, as a professional and a human being, still have a responsibility towards his health."
I turned to Nathan for his permission, and he nodded my way. The doctor stomped out of the door, and I followed his steps.
Once we were out in the hallway, the doctor grabbed me and pushed me against the wall. "You must do something about this. Nathan is unbelievable!"
"What can I do?" I asked, terrified.
"I don't care. Gain his trust. Become the woman he selects to watch the video or erase it from his possession. Do whatever it takes. He must never discover our secret," the doctor yelled at me in a muffled voice, scaring me more. He calmed down a little, noticing my discomfort. "Forgive me. I didn't mean to take my anger out on you. Help me if you can, and Mary Sinclair will give you a blank cheque."
"What?" I reconfirmed.
"Yes, I promise," he said.
I gladly agreed and returned to Nathan's bedroom. People had been throwing money at me for the simplest tasks since I entered a billionaire's house. Life was finally being kind to me.
"Sir, can I come in?" I knocked as a formality.
"Yes," Nathan replied. I entered the room to find him on the phone with someone. Was he asking someone to go through the footage already? I had to stop that from happening at all costs.
"What are you doing?" I rushed towards him and sat close to him on the bed. "Your health is not well, sir. It would be best if you did not take so much stress. Why don't you do this later?"
Nathan told me to wait with a hand gesture. "I am on a call about the hidden camera. It will only take a minute. That doctor needs to be shown his place."
"Sir, he is not worth it. I don't think he is a creep. I was in the office with him for a long time, and he didn't try to make an advance on me. He is just a regular guy who is a very passionate lover. Bruises are marks of love, not crime," I said. Nathan ignored me and kept speaking on the phone.
I was out of ideas. Saying anything too obvious or claiming to see Williams with someone other than his mother could get me into serious trouble. What could I do? I had to think fast and act on it.
An idea came into my head. It wasn't the best, but it was worth a shot. I got up and came before Nathan, ensuring his eyes were on me. I closed my eyes, pushed my dress down to my torso, and unhooked my bra.