This is my very first story so I hope you enjoy it and I welcome any constructive feedback.
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Alexis had tried for months to discharge Darren from her caseload. He wasn't engaging in therapy and was constantly trying to push the boundaries of their relationship. Finally, she had convinced her supervisor to support her decision by showing him some sexually inappropriate emails Darren had sent her. He agreed that under no circumstances should Alexis have any further contact with Darren and he arranged a meeting with Darren to inform him of the decision to discharge him. It was clear from this point forward, Darren was to cease all attempts to contact Alexis by email and telephone and he was not to show up at the office unannounced. He informed Darren that a meet and greet would be arranged with another Psychologist in the practice to continue his therapy. Darren played it cool of course, made it seem like Alexis had overreacted and insisted that he didn't need therapy anyway - he was completely normal.
In reality, this couldn't be further from the truth. Alexis recalled when she had first started working with Darren, he was often very emotional in sessions but always brutally honest and forthcoming about his difficulties. Alexis was proud of the fact that she had been able to develop such a strong rapport with Darren and that he had felt comfortable enough to trust her with his innermost thoughts and feelings.
Darren was a tall, broad shouldered, good looking man in his mid 20's. He groomed himself impeccably well but had made a series of very poor choices in this life that had led him down a path of alcohol addiction, various assault charges, and more recently almost a full sleeve of tattoos on both arms. His parents were very wealthy but he was definitely the black sheep in the family and treated as such by his parents and older siblings. Alexis had been working with Darren for almost 2 years and in that time he had demonstrated countless times just how psychologically messed up he really was.
There was the time that he followed a young female waitress home from a bar downtown and tried to force his way into her apartment. Luckily, her next door neighbour was awoken by the sounds of Darren and the waitress in the hallway and threatened to call the cops, forcing Darren to run off. There was the time he had spent the night in jail after getting into a drunken fight with his on again off again girlfriend and slapped her around a bit. Despite all these problems, Darren had always been very respectful towards Alexis until recently when he had broken up with his girlfriend and began drinking more heavily. Although he was still coming to therapy sessions, he was often late and would end the session by asking for a hug or to have therapy sessions in his apartment. On the one hand, Alexis found herself aroused by how forward Darren was with his feelings towards her but on the other hand it was slightly disturbing how intense these feelings were.
This past week, he had really crossed the line. Darren had refused to leave a therapy session with Alexis until she hugged him and when she refused, he came towards her and put his arms around her catching her off guard. Alexis was tall but her thin frame was no match for Darren's strong arms. After what seemed like minutes but really was only seconds, Darren apologized seeing the scared look on Alexis' face and gave a very awkward 'goodbye' before leaving. It was then that Alexis realized how intense Darren's feelings had grown and she decided she had to end their therapeutic relationship and transfer him to another Psychologist or risk causing further psychological harm to him by allowing his feelings to intensify.
Since then, Darren began calling Alexis incessantly. He would never leave any voicemails but he would call repeatedly and then periodically show up to the office just to say 'hello'. It got to the point where the receptionist at the clinic was instructed to phone Alexis if Darren showed up unannounced and remind him of the no contact agreement. Whenever this happened, Darren would switch on his charm, laugh it off, insist that he had just been in the area and make up some random excuse for stopping by.
Coming from a wealthy family, Darren spent a lot of his free time at the gym and his efforts did not go unnoticed in the tight T-shirts he wore. Mixed with his very expensive cologne, Darren was actually quite attractive and under different circumstances Alexis probably would have been very interested in exploring a more intimate relationship. Alexis hadn't had a steady boyfriend in over two years and hadn't been laid in months. It wasn't because guys weren't interested in her. On the contrary, Alexis was very attractive. At 5 ft 9 with long curly dark hair, 34C breasts, and slim waste, she had no problem getting guys to pay attention to her. It was just that work had been so busy lately. Alexis was usually too exhausted by the time she got home to even think about going out on a date.
Now it was Friday night and although Alexis didn't often work late, she had fallen behind on some paperwork with all the conversations and meetings about what to do with Darren. She was the only left in the office but had made sure to lock the office door behind the last co-worker to leave. Alexis was just finishing up one of her weekly progress reports when she thought she heard a noise in the front reception area.
