Chapter 10 #2
“But it sounds like you are going to wait for something.”
“I am, and once that’s done, I’m gone.”
“What’s that?”
“You had already left last night, and I had already met with Yvonne, but Perkins called here last night. Five minutes before we were officially closed.”
“What did he want?”
“Today, at exactly, he said that word, but at exactly twelve ten, once you’ve turned in your badge, your clearance has been revoked, and you’ve turned in your keys, I am to personally call Shay Hall and have him come in first thing Monday to discuss his upcoming surgery.”
“Holy shit, he’s going to railroad Shay into the surgery?”
“That’s what it sounded like to me. I’m to tell Shay, if he questions me, that his previous doctor was let go for incompetence, and since he’s taking over all their former cases, then his previous surgeon lied to him and that if he ever wants to use his leg again, he needs to come in for the consultation on Monday, and expect to go under the knife by Thursday. ”
“Damn, I don’t know if I should laugh, cry, scream, or what.
I know I can’t shoot the asshole, one because I don’t own a gun, and two, because I sure as hell won’t go to jail because of him.
Thankfully, we’ve briefed Shay on this scenario, and he’ll take it from there.
Don’t put any pressure on yourself to document anything except your normal notes.
We’ll have to trust that Shay, Naomi, and Clark will be here as back up. ”
“Yeah,” Betty said with a gigantic sigh. “I’m going to get the exam rooms ready for the first patient. You’re out of here at noon?”
“Unless they kick me out earlier.” She grinned when Betty snorted a laugh.
The other woman left, and Amelia sat in her chair shaking her head at the audacity of Perkins.
She gave a start when there was a loud knock on her door, and she called for them to enter.
It shocked the shit out of her to see Dr. Alexander Ervin standing there with the woman from HR beside him.
Ervin never waited to be invited in, he came in, sat in the chair before her desk and got right to the point. “Since you’re not seeing any patients today, I thought it would be nice to get your exit interview out of the way, then you can leave whenever you want. We don’t need you here any longer.”
Amelia remained calm, leaned back in her chair, and picked up her travel mug. She took a sip, never taking her eyes off of Ervin. She didn’t speak until he started to squirm. Only then did she speak, and it was so cold that even the HR person shivered.
“Since I’m your superior here at the clinic, Ervin, you don’t get to dictate what I do here.
Just because you have a pair of tea bags, that doesn’t give you the right to dictate to me.
You may be in charge on paper, but seniority wise, I outrank you.
You are nothing but the administrator that pushes papers around.
I have never in the last year plus that you’ve been here reported to you, nor have I ever taken direct instructions from you.
You don’t have that type of authority over me.
With that being said, and if you don’t believe me, then contact the real HR department to verify everything I just told you, I have it set up that I will leave here at noon, and I’m already on the books with Janet from HR for my exit interview at eleven.
I’ve never seen this person before, so how do I know you’re telling me the truth as to who this is.
She’s not even wearing the hospital badge required of all employees of the hospital.
So, now that I’ve said my piece, please leave my office.
” When he sat there dumfounded, she firmed her voice, “NOW!”
He jumped to his feet, scrambled to the door, and he called out, “You’ll regret your treatment of me. You have no right to talk down to me like that!” he screamed, and walked out of the door.
Amelia looked at the woman standing there, and shook her head at her.
“Ma’am, I have no clue who you are, but you can bet I’ll be telling Janet in HR about you.
” She picked up the phone that had been recording, and snapped her photo, the woman seemed to be in shock, because she didn’t move for a good five seconds before she turned and ran out of the office.
She saved the voice recording, and the photo, but didn’t send it to anyone except for her own personal e-mail, and by the time she was ready to head over to the hospital for her exit interview, she’d told her goodbyes to the entire staff.
She never saw Ervin again that day, and Perkins hadn’t showed up for work while she was still there.
Amelia sat in the front seat of her car, looked at the clinic, and sighed heavily.
She had had her exit interview, and after everything was done, and all the paperwork signed, she turned to leave, then pulled the photo up on her phone and showed it to Janet, asking if she knew who that woman was.
When Janet was clueless, that was when Amelia told her what Ervin tried to do at eight o’clock that morning.
“Thank you for bringing it to my attention. Can you send me a copy of that photo?” She gave her phone number, and when she received it, she nodded.
“If I find out anything, would you like me to call you?”
“Yes, please, call my cell phone, not the office one.”
“I will.”
“Thank you for everything, Janet.” Amelia left, and once in her car, she sent a text to Raymond that she was leaving.
She saw the thumbs up emoji, and headed for home.
She hoped it would be the last time she ever had to see the clinic.
Now to go home and see how much work Raymond had done while she’d been gone.
At the first traffic light, she reached beneath her, and felt the flash drive in her back pocket, and breathed a sigh of relief that it was still safe.
She couldn’t wait to tell Raymond what had happened that day, what she’d learned from Betty, and what Ervin had tried to pull.