The rest of the day went uneventful and once more there were the usual food
poisonings that came from the Diner across from the hospital. No real
surprise. Other than the occasional, broken bone, burn, minor illness
nothing all too serious. Soon Lisa's day was over and once more she treated
everyone to dinner at Wong's.
Ruthie and Lisa decided to spend some time together since they were after all twins although most of the conversation was carried by Ruthie.
"My brother Matt wants to be a doctor and is in medical school now. He even helped save a patient once by getting a doctor fired for making a wrong diagnosis."
Lisa raised her eyebrows and asked, "And how can Matt be right and a doctor be wrong?"
"The doctor was a loser and incompetent."
"Are you sure? Matt is hardly qualified to make a diagnosis since he isn't even finished med school yet."
"Well he was right anyways so it doesn't matter."
"I hope so. You know he really shouldn't be making diagnosis without at least supervision from fully trained doctors."
"I guess. You know you really should get to know my family. I'm sure they would be very interested in helping you.", Ruthie said giving Lisa a critical once over.
"Helping me? In what?"
"Maybe becoming more moral. And perhaps find you a boyfriend."
Lisa looked at Ruthie strangely, "Why would I need a boyfriend? And what makes you think I'm immoral. I help people get better. What's so immoral about that?"
"Well maybe not the moral part but Peter and I have been thinking about hitching you up with somebody, to make you feel better and all."
"Ruthie..I'm 13. I don't need to be hitched."
"Whatever. But you are honestly in need of a boyfriend."
"Well if you must know I do have a boyfriend, well not really a boyfriend, just a friend."
"Oh good! Tell me about him!", Ruthie said gleefully, a little too gleefully.
"Well no offense but that's none of your business."
Then Lisa heard a clapping from Chandler Hampton, trying to get everyone's attention, "Okay class. I think it's getting late now. I want to thank Dr. Lisa Chandler for helping us out for career day and thank you for the lunch and dinner."
The others, including oddly enough Ruthie and Peter applauded loudly and Lisa felt happy that at least .
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Lisa watched the bus leave with mixed feelings. She still wondered about Ruthie and something just wasn't right about her. Ruthie seemed strange, somewhat out of touch with reality. So did Peter for that matter. And was it possible that Ruthie was her identical twin sister? After all she was adopted and did not know her biological parents. And from what she learned from Ruthie, Ruthie had parents and older brothers and sisters. Why would they abandon her if they already had children of their own?
Shrugging off the thought she reentered the hospital and called her social worker to take her home.
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The trip back to Glen Oak was uneventful, if not a tad late. Ruthie entered her house and was greeted by her parents who were waiting for her.
"Hi Ruthie how did your trip go?", Annie said.
"Fine. Mom do I have a identical twin sister that I don't know about?"
Annie stiffened and exchanged looks with Eric, "Why do you ask?"
"Well apparently Dr. Lisa Chandler looks exactly like me. In every way."
"The teenage doctor?", Eric asked.
"Yeah. Can you believe it?"
There was silence between the two parents and Ruthie sensed almost immediately that something was up.
"I do have an identical twin sister do I.", Ruthie said suspiciously, "Why didn't you guys tell me? And why did you abandon her when she was a baby? Lisa said she was adopted."
Eric sighed and he and Annie knew that Ruthie was going to find out about her long lost sister.
"Ruthie why don't we talk about this in the living room."
"I think we should include the rest of the family in this talk too.", Annie said.
"Agreed."
TO BE CONTINUED
Ruthie and Lisa decided to spend some time together since they were after all twins although most of the conversation was carried by Ruthie.
"My brother Matt wants to be a doctor and is in medical school now. He even helped save a patient once by getting a doctor fired for making a wrong diagnosis."
Lisa raised her eyebrows and asked, "And how can Matt be right and a doctor be wrong?"
"The doctor was a loser and incompetent."
"Are you sure? Matt is hardly qualified to make a diagnosis since he isn't even finished med school yet."
"Well he was right anyways so it doesn't matter."
"I hope so. You know he really shouldn't be making diagnosis without at least supervision from fully trained doctors."
"I guess. You know you really should get to know my family. I'm sure they would be very interested in helping you.", Ruthie said giving Lisa a critical once over.
"Helping me? In what?"
"Maybe becoming more moral. And perhaps find you a boyfriend."
Lisa looked at Ruthie strangely, "Why would I need a boyfriend? And what makes you think I'm immoral. I help people get better. What's so immoral about that?"
"Well maybe not the moral part but Peter and I have been thinking about hitching you up with somebody, to make you feel better and all."
"Ruthie..I'm 13. I don't need to be hitched."
"Whatever. But you are honestly in need of a boyfriend."
"Well if you must know I do have a boyfriend, well not really a boyfriend, just a friend."
"Oh good! Tell me about him!", Ruthie said gleefully, a little too gleefully.
"Well no offense but that's none of your business."
Then Lisa heard a clapping from Chandler Hampton, trying to get everyone's attention, "Okay class. I think it's getting late now. I want to thank Dr. Lisa Chandler for helping us out for career day and thank you for the lunch and dinner."
The others, including oddly enough Ruthie and Peter applauded loudly and Lisa felt happy that at least .
++++++++++
Lisa watched the bus leave with mixed feelings. She still wondered about Ruthie and something just wasn't right about her. Ruthie seemed strange, somewhat out of touch with reality. So did Peter for that matter. And was it possible that Ruthie was her identical twin sister? After all she was adopted and did not know her biological parents. And from what she learned from Ruthie, Ruthie had parents and older brothers and sisters. Why would they abandon her if they already had children of their own?
Shrugging off the thought she reentered the hospital and called her social worker to take her home.
++++++++++
The trip back to Glen Oak was uneventful, if not a tad late. Ruthie entered her house and was greeted by her parents who were waiting for her.
"Hi Ruthie how did your trip go?", Annie said.
"Fine. Mom do I have a identical twin sister that I don't know about?"
Annie stiffened and exchanged looks with Eric, "Why do you ask?"
"Well apparently Dr. Lisa Chandler looks exactly like me. In every way."
"The teenage doctor?", Eric asked.
"Yeah. Can you believe it?"
There was silence between the two parents and Ruthie sensed almost immediately that something was up.
"I do have an identical twin sister do I.", Ruthie said suspiciously, "Why didn't you guys tell me? And why did you abandon her when she was a baby? Lisa said she was adopted."
Eric sighed and he and Annie knew that Ruthie was going to find out about her long lost sister.
"Ruthie why don't we talk about this in the living room."
"I think we should include the rest of the family in this talk too.", Annie said.
"Agreed."
TO BE CONTINUED
