Chapter 21
The following morning went disastrous for poor Zoe. It started off with Max coming down with the flu during the night. Zoe heard him so she got up and followed him to the toilet. She then went downstairs to get some tablets that he could take. Eventually, Zoe dosed back off. Then in the morning, there was only Zoe to get ready to go into work as Max could hardly sit up. Before Zoe went out, she propped him upright and promised that she would come home to see him during her breaks and lunch as they were only a few minutes' drive away.
"Love you Max, if there is anything you need, just phone me and I'll come and sort you out. Ok?" Zoe said, grabbing her crutches from the side of her bed.
"Ok, thanks a lot Zoe." He replied croakily.
As soon as she got settled in her office, there was a knock at the door. It was Louise and she had mountains of paper and folders in her hand.
"Zoe, sorry to be a nuisance, but I have been sent to give you all of these patient feedback forms for you to get through. Also, Guy said that they need to get done asap so take today as Admin. Sorry Zoe." Louise said, feeling sorry for Zoe. She had enough pressure on with having to manage with a broken ankle.
Zoe shut herself in her office and put her docking station on loudly. She got through most of her work when there was a knock on her door. Zoe got up and answered it- it was Tess.
"Hey, Zoe, there's a case in resus and we need another doctor. Would you be able to cover or are you busy?" Tess asked.
"No, I'm fine; I'll come because I've nearly got through all of this paper." Zoe said sitting down and strapping her boot on and leaving her crutches under her desk once again. She didn't really want to, but what choice did she have.
"Ok, thanks. How's your ankle now then?" Tess asked as they both walked through to resus.
"It's much better than in previous times thanks, but there is still slight pain in it." Zoe replied truthfully.
The rest of the shift went pretty quickly and soon Zoe was heading home. She had to walk and she was so glad that it wasn't raining. As soon as she got home, heavens opened and it poured it down with rain.
Max was on the sofa and feeling a lot better than this morning.
"You feeling better now Max?" Zoe said sitting on the sofa next to him.
"Yeah, thanks Zo. Did I miss much?" Max said laughing
"No way." Zoe said laughing. But Max could tell she was exhausted because it wasn't long before Zoe fell asleep.