Here's chapter four! Happy reading :) xx
"Guys, come on. I think it's time to stop, we're just cracking ribs now." Zoe said with a voice so thick with despair you would have thought this was her first patient she had lost. She peeled off her white gloves, chucked them in a bin, ran her hand through her silky black hair and heaved a huge sigh. She never really got over the death of a patient. It would always niggle her every now and then, making her feel guilty about being alive and healthy. But she just had to deal with it, every doctor does. If everyone was to come home from a bad day at work and drown in their sorrows then there would be nobody left.
She was left with these thoughts as she slowly traipsed out of resus. She turned back and watched as they started to take the lifeless body off the machines and the ventilator. She leaned on the worktop and punched the mint green surface. She decided she would take a walk.
The ED wasn't very quiet, but it wasn't Friday-night-busy either thank goodness. Cubicles were quite busy as was CDU although it had started to quieten down with the time creeping into late evening. Talking about evening, Zoe was ready for her bed. She walked up the stairs to her office out of the way of the commotion of a busy ED. She punched the pin into the lock, opened the door and switched on the light just to be greeted with multiple stacks of paperwork that had been accumulating in this office for the past few weeks. This was why she had been using the bottom one more, recently. Zoe cursed as she zig-zagged her way through to her chair and sat down. She sighed and kicked off her deep purple heels just as her mobile rang. She reached into her pocket and answered her phone…
"Tom, where the hell have you been, we could have done with your help in resus!" Zoe seethed.
"I'm sorry Zoe. It's… it's Sam."
A sudden realisation washed over Zoe. "God Tom is that her wheezing I can hear in the background?! And where are you Tom?"
"Staff toilets. Please, just come now." He said urgently "I'll explain when you get here. Just hurry, please." He was pleading now, his last word twisted with raw emotion.
"Alright Tom, I'm coming as fast as I can" She hung up, rammed her phone back into her pocket and shoved her feet back into her shoes. She navigated past the maze of papers and made her way out the door. As she slammed it shut, she could hear the rustling and glanced through the window to see a whirlwind of white papers settle on every flat surface in her office. She rolled her eyes and cursed again.
She ran down the corridor and was met with a flight of stairs. After a few seconds of contemplating she took off her shoes and rushed down the stairs getting a few odd looks on the way. She strode past reception and dumped her shoes on the reception desk in front of Noel.
"Keep them safe." She said as she passed.
She heard complaints from Noel and something about personal property from Louise but frankly, she didn't care.