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Fuck It’s enough to distract ain, even now I try not to think about how cute he still looked without a shirt, how his , he looks in even better shape now Thein surgery here has got to be grueling, not to mention all the overtime I know Russ pulls

He, unlike le person alks through the OR doors, regardless of how hopeless others ht pronounce the case It’s alwaysso well, but I guess opposites can be friends sometimes

“Good luck,” I think I hear Russ murmur behind me, just before I pull the door shut after myself

Behind the desk, Dad clears his throat and reshuffles a stack of folders at his elbow “So I gave you one very si”

“And I followed it,” I reply, before he can get his rant going

“You didn’t visit those three patients first”

“What, do you have people tailingmy arms

“Don’t be ridiculous” He points to his left, to a pair of large monitors on the side wall Of course He had the security cah to the spare monitors he has attached to his desktop

I roll my eyes “Good to know you trust me to do my job, Dad”

“I wasour chat this ”

“Youlecture,” I mumble

“You should have gone to the priority patients’ rooms first You should always treat the priority patients first We are a private hospital, Maggie How do you think we stay funded? How do you think we’re able to treat anyone? Because we play the game, we treat the people who keep us funded and supplied very, very well”