Kiss Me if You Can — Chapter 43

COME IN. YOU'RE HERE TO PICK UP MR. MILLER'S MEDICATION, RIGHT?

UM... YOUR NAME?

JOSHUA BAILEY.

WELL, MR. JOSHUA BAILEY.

HOW HAS THE PATIENT BEEN DOING ON HIS NEW MEDICATION?

I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE I WROTE THAT PRESCRIPTION. HE NEVER CAME BACK AFTER THAT.

THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY MAJOR ISSUES.

I HAVEN'T NOTICED ANY SIDE EFFECTS...

AT THIS RATE, IT'D BE BETTER IF HE COULD STOP TAKING IT ALTOGETHER.

...IS THERE ANY WAY TO LOWER MR. MILLER'S DOSAGE?

HIS DEPENDENCY ON THE MEDICATION IS SEVERE, SO SUDDENLY LOWERING HIS DOSAGE WOULD PROBABLY BE HARD ON HIM.

HE COULD START HAVING SEIZURES OUT OF NOWHERE,

AND GIVEN HOW SENSITIVE HE IS, THERE'S NO TELLING WHAT HE MIGHT DO TO THE PEOPLE AROUND HIM.

ACTUALLY, MR. MILLER HASN'T TAKEN HIS MEDICATION FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS,

AND HE HASN'T SHOWN ANY SYMPTOMS.

...HE HASN'T TAKEN THEM?

YES. HE'S STOPPED TAKING HIS SLEEPING PILLS COMPLETELY,

AND HE'S SKIPPED HIS SEDATIVES A FEW TIMES, TOO.

EVEN SO, HE DIDN'T HAVE A SEIZURE OR EXPERIENCE ANY OTHER SIDE EFFECTS.

HE'S BEEN GOING ABOUT HIS DAILY LIFE JUST FINE, AND THE FILMING HAS BEEN GOING SMOOTHLY, TOO.

HMM...

ALRIGHT. WE'LL RUN SOME TESTS AGAIN SOON

AND ADJUST THE DOSAGE ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS.

LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SUDDENLY STOPPING THE MEDICATION COULD BE DANGEROUS.

YES, UNDERSTOOD. I'LL LET LAURA KNOW.

THAT'S A RELIEF.

BUT HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT MR. MILLER HAD BEEN SKIPPING HIS MEDICATION, MR. BAILEY?

AH, THAT... I KEPT SEEING LEFTOVER PILLS IN HIS TRAILER.

IS THAT SO?

YEAH...

WELL, IF HE'S GETTING BETTER, THAT'S GOOD NEWS EITHER WAY.

PHEW... DID THAT WORK?

NO MATTER HOW MUCH OF A DOMINANT ALPHA HE IS, IF HE KEPT TAKING THAT MUCH MEDICATION, SOMETHING SERIOUS WAS BOUND TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY.

I WAS ACTUALLY STARTING TO WONDER IF WE SHOULD STOP INJECTING HIM WITH PHEROMONES, TOO.

I MEAN, NOT BEING ABLE TO HAVE SEX DURING A RUT IS ONE THING,

BUT IF HE KEEPS RELYING ON INJECTIONS ALONE, HIS ARM WILL EVENTUALLY BEGIN TO ROT.

HUH? INJECTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALL OF A SUDDEN-

SPIRALING INTO SELF-TORMENT OVER SOMETHING THAT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.

HOW PITIFUL.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN NEVER HAPPENED? DON'T TELL ME-

SPILLING A PATIENT'S SECRETS LIKE THAT... IS THAT REALLY ALLOWED?

I'M DISAPPOINTED, STEWARD.

MR. GRAYSON?

HELLO, BODYGUARD.

STEWARD, IS A PRIMARY DOCTOR REALLY SUPPOSED TO BETRAY A PATIENT'S TRUST THIS EASILY?

MY APOLOGIES. I MADE A MISTAKE.

PLEASE DON'T HAVE MY LICENSE REVOKED.

WELL, IT CAN'T BE HELPED. HE WAS GOING TO FIND OUT EVENTUALLY ANYWAY.

BODYGUARD, WHERE'S CHASE?

DON'T TELL ME YOU CAME ALONE?

I'M JUST HERE TO PICK UP HIS MEDS.

MR. MILLER'S FILMING.

AND WHAT DID YOU MEAN JUST NOW?

ARE YOU SAYING MR. MILLER NEVER ACTUALLY FUCKED A DOG?

...WHAT'LL YOU GIVE ME IF I TELL YOU?

I WON'T HIT YOU.

YOU WON’T HIT ME!

WELL, I HATE GETTING HIT, SO I GUESS I’LL TELL YOU.

WHEN CHASE EXPERIENCED HIS FIRST RUT, THERE WAS NO ONE THERE TO HELP HIM THROUGH IT.

HE WAS JUST A SHY TEENAGE BOY BACK THEN.

I COULDN’T JUST STAND THERE AND WATCH MY PRECIOUS LITTLE BROTHER SUFFER,

SO I BROUGHT ALEX IN AS A QUICK FIX, BUT IT DIDN’T HELP MUCH.

CHASE COULDN’T EVEN GET HARD. HE JUST PASSED OUT.

SO WE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO INJECT HIM WITH PHEROMONES.

NORMALLY, PHEROMONES ARE RELEASED NATURALLY WHEN HAVING SEX.

INJECTIONS AREN'T REALLY IDEAL, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE A CHOICE.

CHASE CAME TO SOON AFTER, AND SINCE HE DIDN'T SEEM TO REMEMBER ANYTHING,

I TOLD HIM HE'D DONE IT WITH A DOG, FOR HIS OWN GOOD.

...WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?

SO YOU'RE TELLING ME...

BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT MINUSCULE, YOU MADE HIM BELIEVE HE FUCKED A DOG WHILE HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS?

WHAT ELSE WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?

IF I HADN'T DONE THAT, HE NEVER WOULD'VE EVEN CONSIDERED RELEASING HIS PHEROMONES.

IF THEY KEPT BUILDING UP, HIS BRAIN WOULD HAVE ROTTED.

HE'D LOSE HIS MIND.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND?!

SO THAT'S WHY YOU KEPT DRAGGING HIM TO ORGIES EVEN WHEN HE DIDN'T WANT TO?!

EVEN WHEN I DRAG HIM THERE, HE WON'T DO ANYTHING.

EVERY SINGLE TIME, HE HOLDS OUT UNTIL THE VERY END, ONLY TO PASS OUT.

...WHAT DO YOU MEAN HE CAN’T DO ANYTHING?

HE ALLOWS HIMSELF TO GET DRAGGED THERE BECAUSE HE SAYS IT’S BETTER THAN HAVING TO FUCK A DOG, BUT THAT’S IT.

HE NEVER ACTUALLY DOES ANYTHING ONCE HE’S THERE.

HE HATES ONE-NIGHT STANDS,

AND HE HATES THE IDEA OF CHOOSING A PARTNER JUST FOR SEX.

BUT I CAN’T EXACTLY LET HIM SLEEP WITH JUST ANYONE WHILE HE’S UNCONSCIOUS.

I’M NOT ABOUT TO LET HIM KNOCK SOMEONE UP JUST BECAUSE HE COULDN’T CONTROL HIMSELF.

BODYGUARD, MY LITTLE BROTHER HAS NEVER DATED ANYONE IN HIS LIFE.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? WHAT A WASTE OF HIS GOOD LOOKS.

IF HE'D JUST ACCEPT THAT MEDICATION CAN'T FIX THIS ANYMORE,

HE COULD RELEASE HIS PHEROMONES NATURALLY LIKE ANY OTHER DOMINANT ALPHA.

BUT IF HE KEEPS GOING LIKE THIS, I'LL HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO BRING IN A DOG.

DON'T YOU AGREE?

FUCKING LUNATIC!!!

HOW CAN HE SAY SHIT LIKE THAT WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE?!

I SHOULD'VE BEATEN HIM HALF TO DEATH!

ARE YOU INSANE?!

HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO YOUR OWN BROTHER-!

HUH? WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?

WHY ARE YOU THE ONE GETTING PISSED OFF?

DISGUSTING BASTARD!!!

I HAVE TO TELL HIM RIGHT NOW.

CHASE, YOU NEVER DID ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

YOU WERE NEVER FORCED TO FUCK ANYONE AFTER PASSING OUT-

WAIT...

IF CHASE HAS REALLY NEVER HAD SEX UNTIL NOW-

THEN THAT MEANS... I WAS HIS FIRST?!

HA...!

THAT'S FUCKING INSANE...