Okay maybe I should have thought a little bit more about coming back, because right now I'm standing in front of County General Hospital freaking out with a 4 year old girl holding my hand and leading me toward the hospital. I know it may sound stupid but I'm totally scared of how things may be in there. God! It has been 8 years since I set a foot in this place, well maybe there are no one I know working there anymore. What if they won't like to see me? What if they hate me for leaving? What if they think I'm a looser for have to take care of my daughter without her mother? God help me! Otherwise I'll have a heart attack right now. Come John Truman Carter III are you a man or a mouse?
"Daddy come on I want to see where you're going to work."
I don't know if bring Lucy was such a good idea, but I didn't have anyone to watch her so I had to bring her with me.
"Daddy let's go"
We are going toward the hospital when I realize we're going toward the ER and I can go there at least not right now, so we change our way and head to the front of the hospital.
"Daddy this place is huge!"
"Yeah sweet"
I know I'm not giving Lucy a lot of attention but I can help it I'm really nervous.
We finally make it to Lukas's officer I introduce myself to his secretary and she tells me to wait a moment. I turn to talk to Lucy.
"Hey princess daddy will have to go in that room to see if I'll get that job I told you about remember? And you'll have to wait here until daddy comes out ok!"
"Why can't I go with you?"
"Sweet this is a job interview people don't bring their children to a job interview."
"And why is that?"
Lucy knows how to be stubborn when she wants to, after all she is my daughter if she wasn't stubborn, she wouldn't be my kid, but because I'm stubborn too she won't win this one.
"Because we'll talk about business and kids don't know a thing about that."
"Daddy please for me"
"Lucy Carter no"
"Ok" I think she understand that she wasn't going to win.
"Love you sit tight and be polite until I come back. Ok?"
"Ok love you too, and good luck!"
The secretary tells me to go in. I enter in his officer and he has his back turn it to me.
"Hey this is the way you say hello to who saved your life!"
He turns to me with the funniest face ever.
"Oh my God is that you?"
"No it's just my clone"
He comes toward me and hugs me.
"Hey stranger I missed you, why didn't you called to say you were coming?"
"Well I want to do a surprise"
"Sure you did I almost had a heart attack!"
"Luka Kovac always a drama queen!"
He laughs and hugs me again.
"It's great to see you John; we missed you a lot around here."
"Liar, you didn't even remember me"
"You know this is not true."
"Ok, ok, but let's get to the point. Do you have a job for me?"
"Of course I do."
"Thanks."
I think he still doesn't believe that I'm standing in front of him.
"What about Kem did she come too?"
Well that is not my favorite subject to talk about, but I guess I need to explain at least to him what happen.
"No, we are not together anymore, but I brought someone else."
"Really? How old is she? Is she hot? Where did you meet her?"
I laugh he still is the same old naughty Luka.
"Yeah she's gorgeous; she's really young and full of energy."
I decide to play a little with him.
"I knew you were worst than I. I knew it."
"Yeah but there's a little problem."
"What don't tell me she's a minor?"
"Actually she's 4 and well she's my daughter."
I laugh and he laughs too. That was really funny.
"You have a daughter!"
"Yeah don't believe me?"
"Of course I do, but where's she?"
"She's in the waiting room"
He leaves his officer "Come on I want to meet my niece."
I follow him into the waiting room and we see Lucy playing with her doll.
"Lucy" She leaves her doll and jumps into my lap.
"Daddy did you get the job?"
"Of course he did. And I'm Luka Kovac, I'm a friend of your father."
"Are you Luka? Daddy told me a lot of stories about you."
"Really!"
He has a huge smile on his face it looks like he's going to faint of happiness. They start to talk and he starts to tell her stories about me.
Hours laterLucy and I finally got home, she is really excited about my job and so am I.
We had lunch with Luka today and we talked a lot, he told me about Joe, his son with Abby. And that he's married with Sam and that Abby is now the chief of the ER and that she's also single. He couldn't tell me more because he had forgotten that Joe was waiting for him, so he had to leave to go find Joe. I don't know why the fact that Abby is single made grow a smile on my lips, actually I do but I don't like to admit it. I miss Abby, I miss her sarcasm, I miss her laugh, I miss our friendship and sometimes I even miss our relationship, but a long time ago I promised myself that I wouldn't regret about the decision I made in my life, that I wouldn't regret about going to Africa or meeting Kem because if I hadn't gone I wouldn't have Lucy with me right now and life wouldn't be worth, she's the reason of my life and she makes everything better.
"Daddy can I go with you tomorrow?"
"Sorry sweet, but tomorrow it'll be your first day at school."
"But I rather go with you I want to know how the ER is."
"Let's make a deal you go to the school tomorrow and I'll show you the ER on Saturday."
"And when it'll be Saturday?"
"Four days after tomorrow." She thinks for a while.
"Ok we do this way."
I didn't have the guts to go to the ER today even with Luka saying that everyone would like to see me, I decided that I should have at least one more night to think about what should I say to them and Luka understood and told me he wouldn't tell anyone, not even Sam that I'm back, what I guess it's good.
Now is time to go to bed because my little princess here will start at school tomorrow and I will have my first shift at County. Tomorrow will be a really important day in our lives.