My day started out as another day would. I got up and got ready for work like always but I had a feeling this day would be different. I went to the hospital and signed in for the day. One of the nurses rushed to me and told me they need me in the emergency room. She was panic stricken so I knew it was bad.
We ran to the E.R. and that is when I witnessed my most horrific scene since becoming a doctor.
There was a woman laying on the cot. She was so broken and bleeding that I wanted to cry. I demanded the information from my nurse Rosalie. She told me the young woman had been beaten by one of her friends.
Some friend they were. Who could ever do something like this? I looked over her and it was all I could do to not start yelling. This woman and been beaten severely. She had two ribs broken on her right side and one on her left side. Her left leg was broken, her wrists were cut up badly and one was even twisted severely, she had a black eye with major swelling, bruises covering almost ever inch of her body and gashes covering the rest. They had to cut her clothes off so they could stop the bleeding before she went unconscious.
After I got her stable and put the casts on her body I made my nurse Rosalie tell me all the details she knew.
Apparently the man who did this to her was an old friend that was in a gang. She had been trying to get him to leave the gang and they found out about it. His choice was do what he did to her himself or they would do worse to her and then even worse to him.
He obviously decided to do what he did. It made me sick. I wanted to leave and find this asshole that put that innocent woman through this. I would have no mercy for anyone.
What was I saying? I don't even know the woman and I'm trying to seek revenge for her. It must just be the fact that I saw the after effects of his choice. After a very long day of treating the woman and several others my day was done.
I woke up the next morning wondering how the woman was and how she handled staying over night. I rushed into the hospital and went straight to her room. She was awake.
"Hello." She whispered weakly.
"Hi. I'm Dr. Cullen. You can call me Edward if you like"
"I'm Isabella Swan. But you may call me Bella"
"So how was your night?" What a stupid question!
"It was awful! I couldn't sleep and the nurses wouldn't give me and pain medication so I was hurting all night. So even if I wanted to sleep I couldn't have because of the pain."
I felt awful! Poor woman being in so much pain. "I'm so sorry to hear that. I will be back in one moment and administer you medication myself. I am so sorry that my nurses didn't take better care of you. I will be tending to that as well." She looked upset.
"No please don't. I'm just bitter. I shouldn't have said that. They couldn't give me the medication. They said I had too much. I was just angry."
"Well you had every right to be." I assured her "I will be back in one moment if you will excuse me?" She nodded her head.
I felt so off. It was strange connecting to a patient like that. I pushed the thought from my head grabbed the medication and headed back to her room.
"Here we are." She smiled at me looking relieved. I wonder if anyone knew she was here. I wasn't aware of anyone calling for her. "Do you have someone we need to contact for you Miss Swan?"
She shook her head and looked to the floor. "I'm very sorry if I upset you. I didn't mean any harm."
"No. You didn't. I just, it's a hard time for me right now is all." Way to go Edward!!
"Well if you need to speak with me let me know. You should be out in about one minute so you will forget all about it I assure you." I smiled at her hoping to comfort her.
"Thank you." She was out. I couldn't help but stare at her. She was beautiful. Even being broken as she was.
"Sir? We have someone to see the patient." Rosalie called. She stepped aside and let the man in the room.