OK, this might chapter might seem a little creepy but just bear with me here. OK? I mean if I really am going to try and write Cordano-love I want to give Robert a little bit more of a spine.
Gretal whined from the top of the stairs while Romano slowly opened the door to his basement. "Come on girl, I spent all day with you. I'll only be a couple of hours." He announced to the enormous dog staring down at him. Gretal gave one last whimper and then walked around in a circle settling herself down. She slowly crossed her front paws. Taking one last look down the stairs she saw the open door but her owner had already moved too far into the room to see. She plopped her head down with a sigh.
Romano busied himself flipping on the various lights, monitors, and other equipment that resided in the clinically clean room. In the center of the room there was an occupied hospital bed with a complex computer system next to. "And of course, the most important…" he announced to the empty room as he turned on his CD player. Nora Jones's voice floated above the hum from the other machines.
"Good day Fast Eddie, and how have you been?" Romano asked as he lifted a bed sheet up revealing a complex, anatomically correct, dummy whose chest cavity had already been opened. Turning his body to the keyboard he typed in "run cardio bypass, left quad, FR-61," before centering himself along the side of bed.
"So let me tell you Ed, we are going to clear up this blockage here and get your heart pumping strong in no time," he said professionally to the dummy. Then with a bit of hesitation he added, "No, no, don't worry about last time. This is a perfectly routine procedure. I could have done these in my sleep a year ago. With the latest innovations science has to offer, you'll see top surgeons performing these, with one hand tied behind their back, in no time. But you're the lucky one because with me, we don't even need rope."