THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW...

She continued to talk but I didn’t hear a word she said all I saw was her mouth moving. I closed my eyes and the only thing I could see was her husband and my wife together. I didn’t know this man or what he looked like but I pictured them together, just like in the movie, “The Best Man.” I couldn’t get a hold of my emotions and before I knew it I found my eyes watering and my lips quivering. She took one look at me and started crying all over again. She laid her head on my chest and started 'balling' – I mean snot, slobber, she held nothing back. This went on for about 20 minutes before I was finally able to regain composure. It took me a little while before I was able to calm her down, but eventually I did. She stopped straddling me and got back into the driver’s seat – we both were silent. I opened the Doritos and ate the entire bag and washed it down with the warm can of Dr. Pepper, all the while thinking. Then I repeated her name in my head, Veronica Chambers, why does that name sound so familiar? Then I ended the silence and asked in a very disturbed yet anxious voice, “Is your husband…” she finishes my sentence, “State Attorney, Charles Chambers…no, he is my father-in-law…everyone always asks that, my husband is Dr…” this time I finished her sentence, “…Eric Chambers!” It turns out I did know her husband, he was my wife's OBGYN…