Chapter 4: Justin

Chapter 4: Justin.

Monday mornings in the clinic are never fun.

There were people hung over trying to get a doctor's note.

There were people who didn't want to waste the weekend at the hospital.

And then there was the pediatrics' ward.

Wailing babies, sniffling children and the cooing sound of worried mothers rocking said children.

For these people, it was a horrible way to start the morning.

That's when he walked in.

Was it the golden ray of light he was bathed in when he walked through the door?

Or the way birds sang when we walked pass the window?

It was impossible to not take him in completely, from his pearly white teeth to his sky-blue eyes, his perfectly manicured nails to his gold cuff-links, how well his shirt accentuated his toned perfect body, how stunning the clean white lab coat looked against his tanned skin.

Strolling in casually with a cup of coffee in one hand and briefcase in the other, he smiled at all the people in the waiting room.

The babies stopped crying and snuggled into their mothers' chests.

The moody children grinned big toothy smiles and played quietly with each other.

The elderly receptionist sighed and remembered the days of her youth.

"Good morning Alice, are my files in my office?"

"You'll find them all alphabetized and arranged on your desk, dear"

"Thank you, Can you send in my first patient in ten minutes?"

"Anything for you, sweetie."

"What would I do without you?"

Flashing another brilliant smile, he walked in his office to go over his patients' history.

A young mother shifted her baby to her hip and asked the receptionist;

"Who was that?"

Alice smiled and said;

"That's our resident pediatrician, Dr. Justin Suarez."