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Previously, Dave confronted Jing-mei about her affair with Ramano...Ramano bribes Dave to shut up...and now...chapter 3...enjoy!


Dave walked into his apartment and shoved his door behind him. Of course he liked Jing-mei and it wouldn't be as bad if she was dating someone else, but Ramano! That's as low as it gets. Luckliy, she switched to graveyard shift for the next five days so he wouldn't have to see her. Dave couldn't just sit around and wait. He jogged into his bedroom and put on a pair of boxing shorts. He walked out of the apartment and headed to the gym.

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Dave had been at the punching bag for over two hours but he hadn't been keeping track of the time because to him, the punching bag was Ramano. All he was wearing was his shorts. The sweat slid off him with every punch, flaunting his well-defined muscles (that was for the ladies, thank you very much!). He was starting to become light-headed, but he paid no attention. Everything around him became black.

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"Lets get a CBC, chem 7, pH, and lytes. Helah? Please start a saline line and a banana bag going." Mark said.

Dave could hear people moving around him, everyone asking if he could hear him. He could, he was just too tired to say anything. The guys at the gym saw him pass out and called 911. Dave didn't know what all the fuss was about, he just needed to sleep it off. The voices around him grew softer until they were silent.
Gradually he began to wake up. He was still drowsy and in soft restraints. Thank God they didn't intubate, he thought to himself. He was still in the ER in Exam room 2. Helah was checking his I.V. bags.
"Morning, Sunshine." She said.
Dave muttered somewhat of a good morning. Helah leaned out the door and motioned to Dr. Greene that Dave was awake and he entered the room.
"Ah, good morning, Malucci, how are you feeling." Mark asked in a much to cheery mood.
"What the fuck am I doing here?" Dave asked wryly.
"I can see you're awake. You over-exerted yourself at the gym and became dehydrated and passed out. Then you came here."
"Lovely. Can I leave yet?"
"We have to do some tests, you can leave in a bit."
Mark and Helah walked out and discussed tests. After a little bit Jing-mei walked in.
"Go away." Dave announced in a very pissed off tone.
"Well good morning to you too." Dr. Chen joked.
"Seriously, go the fuck away."
"Why? Is this that thing with Ramano?"
"Maybe. Why are you with him anyway, I mean, eww!"
"Well, he's okay once you get through the arrogant, evil, sadistic part of him."
"Do you love him?"
"Hell no, I'm just screwing him to get to the top and I don't mean that metaphorically."
Dave let out a soft laugh.
"Does he know about it?"
"Not exactly."
"Not exactly what?"
"Well, I hinted a couple of times that I wanted that position I couldn't get because I was pregnant. Every time after I slept with him he said I was closer and closer to getting it. But not in those words."
"I see. Do you know he bribed me?"
"What?"
"Yesterday as I was leaving he slipped $100 and told me to keep my mouth shut."
"I had no idea."
Just then Deb's beeper went off.
"It's Ramano, what a surprise. I'll see you later and I hope you feel better."
"Yup."
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Three hours later Dave was finally ready to leave. Since when he came in, all he had was shorts, he left in scrubs.
"Malucci!" Weaver yelled behind him.
"Yeah, chief?" Dave said. He didn't need this right now.
"Listen, I want you to take the next two days off to recuperate."
"Okay."
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(Two Days Later)
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After many welcome backs, Dave was ready to work. He grabbed a suture chart and headed to the suture room. He was surprised to see Jing-mei with a black-eye and a laceration above her right eye-brow.
"What happened to you?"
"I came home late and I wanted to sleep and..." She started sobbing.
"Who did this to you?"
"Dr. Ramano."


Dun, duun, duunn!!!!! Cool cliffhanger, eh? Please r/r, blah, blah, blah...
Note: It's too frickin' hot!!!!!!!