Page 12 of Rounds
“Shit, Laney. I was worried about you.”
I frowned. “Oh, now you’re worried about me. You’ve never been worried about me. I was at work.”
“You worked today? You never work weekends.”
“Yes. What do you want?”
“I want you to come home, baby. I know what you said, but I know you only said that because you were angry and hurt. Wecan work through this. I love you so much, and from now on, I plan to show you just how much. Just, please, come home, baby.”
“I have things to do. Just know that what you can do I can do better.”
I ended the call. While in my heart I knew I should be done with him, I wanted to wait until my feelings had calmed down. He was right. I was angry and, most of all, hurt. There was no way I could make a clear decision with my feelings on my sleeve. I wanted to be sure of the direction I wanted to go. However, I would still enjoy tonight to the fullest.
“Israel, are you leaving?”
I turned with a frown on my face to see the nurse that had pushed Delaney out of the way earlier.
“First of all, it’sDoctorIsrael. Yes, I’m leaving. My shift was over at midnight. It’s twelve-thirty.”
“I apologize, Doctor Israel. A new doctor was needing help.”
I rolled my eyes. It was like these people around here were incompetent. I glanced at her and said, “Don’t go nowhere, because I have words for you in a minute.”
I walked away from her to go find the doctor that had just come on at midnight. I knew that was who she was referring to. He was the only newbie here tonight. I often got a reputation of being a know-it-all, but I knew what the fuck I was talking about. Some respected it and others didn’t, but eventually they had to when they realized I was right. I didn’t vocalize my medical opinion unless I knew I was right. I didn’t often speculate outloud. Whenever I did, it was an informed speculation, and I made it known that it was just that . . . a speculation.
When I got to him, he was coming out of the patient room. “I’m sorry, Doctor Israel. I think I figured it out.”
“Youthinkyou figured it out, or youknowyou figured it out?”
He fidgeted slightly, then tilted his head to the patient room. “The patient is having chest pains, but there is no history of heart issues. The symptoms sound like acid reflux.”
I grabbed the patient chart from him to see the patient was on blood pressure meds and cholesterol meds. “Did you order an EKG?”
“Yes, sir. It should be back in a little bit.”
I left the room, because I wanted to punch him in the mouth. He followed me out, and I turned to him. “How did you come to a conclusion before you got the results back? The patient is on Lisinopril and Simvastatin. Those medicines are treating him for high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It could very well be heart related.”
He looked dumfounded as I frowned.
“I have to go. Go to another doctor for advice before you kill somebody.”
As I made my way back to the nurses’ station, my frown only got deeper. I leaned over the counter and said, “Delaney was doing your job. The way you pushed her out of the way was unnecessary, because technically, she wasn’t in the way. Had you been doing your damn job, the patient wouldn’t have been in the predicament they were in. You best believe I filed a grievance, and my grievances are taken seriously. I honestly think you should be fired on the spot for the oversight. You owe Delaney an apology. The patient could have died before you would have gotten the cart.”
She lowered her head, and said, “Yes, sir.”
I stormed out of there and headed to my car. I’d checked on my dad at dinner time and let him know I would be back in the morning. He was feeling good, and he looked good as well. He would be moving to a regular room tomorrow if he continued to progress. My mind was quickly shifting gears. All I could think about was Delaney now. Although I would be staying with her tonight, I still needed to go home to get clean scrubs and underwear.
I sent her a text.Sorry, I’m running late. I just left the hospital, and I have to go home and get clean clothes.
I thought you were standing me up.
She just didn’t know. I rarely turned down pussy, but Isurelywouldn’t turn down hers. Before the traffic signal could change to green, I responded.I would never.
A small smile graced my lips as I went through the intersection. It was going to take me about ten more minutes to get home and about fifteen minutes to get back to where she was. I was gonna run through that house like the Tasmanian Devil, getting clothes for tomorrow. I didn’t want to keep her waiting longer than necessary. It was bad enough I’d gotten off late. After sliding my hand between her legs, I wanted to lock the lounge and tear her pussy to shreds.
My gut was saying she would have me like an entire fiend in these streets. I was hoping that she wouldn’t cut me off after this, nor that she would go back to her boyfriend. I fucked around, but I never led women to believe there would be more than a good time. They knew exactly what they were getting into beforehand. I had a feeling I would make time in my schedule to get at Delaney though.
When I got home, as I anticipated, I ran through the house getting the things I needed and ran back out. Before backing out, I texted Delaney.I’ll be there in 20.
