Chapter 9
Chapter Nine
Grace
“Good morning, Jackie.” I smiled.
“Good morning, Dr. Harper.”
I walked into the doctors’ lounge and put my things in my locker.
“So, how was your dinner last night with Dr. Finn?” she asked as she followed me inside.
“It was good. We had a nice time.”
“Nice? That was it?” Her eye narrowed at me.
“Yes. That was it. We had dinner, and then he drove me home.”
“Strange. Nothing happened and he was okay with that?” She placed her hand on her hip.
“Of course.” I let out a light laugh. “Why wouldn’t he be?”
“Because he’s Dr. Finn. Women don’t just go out to dinner with him. Ever!”
I shrugged. “I have rules, and I told him that.”
“Rules, eh?”
“I don’t sleep with co-workers. It’s been a rule since I started my residency.”
“Damn, girl. Half of this hospital is sleeping together. It’s like one big soap opera around here. Like I said,” she pointed at me, “I can tell we’re going to be very good friends.”
“I could use some other friends here because the only one I seem to have is Dr. Finn.” I smirked. “Anything going on right now?”
“No. It’s quiet at the moment,” she replied.
“Good. I’m going to grab a coffee.”
I stepped into the elevator and pushed the button to the rooftop. Before reaching it, it stopped on the sixth floor, and when the doors opened, Jamieson was standing there.
“Well, hello. Good morning.” He grinned as he stepped inside.
“Good morning.”
He went to push the button to the rooftop and saw it was already lit up.
“Coffee run?” he asked.
“Yeah.” I smiled as I glanced over at him.
“Good, then we can have our morning coffee together. But I only have a few minutes. I have surgery.”
The elevator doors opened, and as soon as we stepped onto the rooftop, my pager went off.
“Looks like you’ll be having coffee alone. I’m needed in the ER.”
“Probably better anyway. I would hate for you to think it was a date.” He winked.
“I don’t do dates, remember?” I smirked.
“That’s right. You only do one-night stands.” His brow arched.
I narrowed my eye at him as the elevator doors closed.
“What do we have?” I asked Jackie when I stepped into trauma room three.
“Mr. Stone. Thirty-seven-year-old male. Fell from a three-story window. Vitals are stable. Looks like he has multiple fractures and possible head trauma.”
I put on a pair of gloves and walked over to him.
“Let’s get a trauma panel, type and cross, and CT scan. Page orthopedics and Dr. Finn.”
“Mr. Stone, I’m Dr. Harper, and I’m going to take good care of you,” I spoke as I checked his abdominal area and then his eyes.
“Feeling sad we couldn’t have coffee together?” Jamieson smirked as he stepped into the room.
“Yes. It broke my heart.” I rolled my eyes. “Mr. Stone fell from a three-story window.”
“I didn’t fall. I jumped,” he spoke.
“And why would you do that?” Jamieson asked as he examined him.
“Because my wife cheated on me.”
“Well, if you really wanted to kill yourself, you’d have to jump from a higher point,” Jamieson spoke.
I shot him a look, and he shrugged.
“The internet said three stories was enough if I fell right.”
“Do you always believe what you read on the internet?” Jamieson asked him. “Dr. Harper.” He gestured to the hallway.
“I have surgery. Get the CT scan and let me know what it shows. It looks like it could be a basilar skull fracture from the look of his eyes. Also, call psych.”
“Sorry, I was tied up with a patient,” a handsome man wearing a white doctor’s coat spoke as he stood in front of Jamieson and me.
“Dr. Harper. This is Dr. Logan Gray. Logan, meet Dr. Grace Harper, the hospital’s new trauma surgeon.”
“The pleasure is all mine.” He smiled. “What do we have?” he asked as I followed him into the room.
“This is Mr. Stone, and he fell from a three-story window. It looks like he has multiple leg fractures.”
“I told you I jumped,” he spoke.
“Your legs don’t look good, Mr. Stone,” Dr. Gray spoke. “You’re going to need surgery so I can reset the bones.”
“Dr. Harper, his blood pressure is 80/60,” Jackie spoke.
“Increase his saline to 500cc.”
I grabbed the ultrasound transducer and scanned his abdominal area.
“He has some internal bleeding. Let’s get him up to the OR.”