*Knock Knock*
"Come one."
"You wanted to see me Chief Damien?"
"Yes, have you had any luck with Mrs. Handerloom's operation?"
"Yes, actually…" I said laying out some CT scans of Mrs. Handerloom. "Instead of going back around here and risking her vision, we could go back around her cerebral cortex and remove the tumor."
"That's not a bad idea, but doing that….if you move even once inch to either side you could risk brain damage."
"You know me Damien; we went to medical school together."
"Are you sure?"
"Positive. I can do this."
*sigh* "alright, schedule her for the operation and get a team together and brief them."
"Thanks."
"O and Anne?"
"Yea?"
"Go to the bathroom and cover up that hicky your husband gave you."
"WHAT?!" I looked in the mirror and sure enough there was a hicky. "I'm going to kill him." I said leaving the office.
I was eating lunch and decided to call Kuni.
"Hey Anne, what's up?"
"A hicky…seriously?"
"Haha, sorry. It was an accident."
"I have been going around all morning with people laughing at me before the Damien told me about it!"
"Haha sorry."
"How is work going?"
"I'm just about done. I will be able to pick the boys up today."
"That is good. They were hoping you would be able too."
"How late are you going to be at the hospital?"
"Well so far things are going good. If things stay this way, I will be home by 7."
"Good, I…."
"Mr. Aikawa, the clients for you next meeting are here."
"Thank you Grace. I got to go, love you."
"Love you too." I said hanging up and finishing my lunch.
I ended up having to stay late after one of my patients started having seizures and needing an operation.
I got home after 1 am.
The boys were asleep in their beds.
I walked into our bedroom and saw that Kuni was asleep.
I grabbed some clothes and went into the bathroom and drew a bath.
I undressed and climbed into the bath.
After standing on my feet for 10 hours, warm water was relaxing.
"Your home…everything ok?" Kuni said rubbing his eyes walking in.
"Yea, just had an emergency surgery that took a while."
"Everything ok now?"
"Yea, I managed to stop a brain bleed and remove a tumor."
"Good." He said yawning.
"Go back to bed. I'll come to bed as soon as I relax a little."
"Ok, love you." He said bending down and kissing me.
"Love you too."
After about 30 minutes I got out and climbed into bed.
*A week later*
I walked out of the operating room after 13 hours.
I had just finished the surgery on Mrs. Handerloom and it was a success.
"Congratulations Dr. Aikawa."
"Thanks." I said walking out taking my surgical mask off.
I saw a nurse talking to the chief and she was looking my way.
"Is everything ok?" I asked.
"Anne, your husband came in to the emergency room after he collapsed in his office."
"What, where is he?"
"He is in room 143." The second he said that, I took off.
"Anne wait." Damien said chasing after me.
I got to his room and he was in the hospital bed unconscious.
"What happened?"
"According to his assistant um…"
"Grace."
"Yes, he was having headaches all morning and nothing was helping. He was getting ready to leave for the day when he collapsed."
"We need to do a CBC and a CT scan and a…" I said starting to cry.
"It's already been scheduled."
"Let me know when everything is done."
"Anne…"
"He is my husband Damien."
"Exactly, and you know as well as I do. It's a conflict of interest and a bad idea to let you be a doctor to your husband."
"Where is Holly?"
"Down in the waiting room."
"Thanks." I said walking toward the elevator.
"Anne, we will do everything possible."
"I know." I said as the elevator door closed.