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"Oh hello," she said, "I'm Olivia Collins. I'm here for the nurses exchange program."
"Really? What country?"
"United Kingdom, London. From Dr. Helen William's hospital," I replied.
"Oh…" she sounded worried.
"Is there a problem?" I asked. "Am I at the right hospital? I heard there were three."
Was my bad luck finally here?
"Oh there's no problem at all. You're at the right hospital, and you're still viable for the program," she explained. "But you have to speak with our boss first."
"No problem." I let out a sigh of relief.
Whatever Lady Luck was doing that day, I was grateful and promised to offer a sacrifice as soon as the day was over. Maybe sacrifice a big pizza by eating it on her behalf. She deserved it. I made my way upstairs, following the receptionist.
"Aren't you supposed to welcome other nurses?" I asked.
"No, you're uh… kind of the last one," she answered.
Great, I was late. But Einstein said time was relative, so the other nurses got here early.
"Here," she said as she knocked on a door and opened it.
A woman stormed out, pissed as hell.
"Stacy?" the receptionist lady called after her.
She didn't answer and just headed straight for the elevator. The receptionist and I exchanged glances, and I shrugged. We went into the office and found the boss leaning back into his chair, a confused expression on his face.
"Sir? Is this a good time?" she asked.
He let out a long sigh and sat upright. He kind of looked like Ben in a way but younger—not a lot of muscle but still worked out. Even with his frustrated expression, his eyes seemed to have a hint of playfulness in them. He had brown hair like Ben's, but it wasn't combed back. He kind of let it be, but it looked kind of sexy and messy.
"Who's this?" he asked.
"Olivia Collins, United Kingdom, London, here for the nurse transfer program," I introduced myself.
"Oh you're here, Stacy would you…" He stopped speaking as he tried to call the lady who had just left the office. He cleared his throat and looked for some files on his desk. "Sorry, give me a minute."
"Sure, take your time," I said.
It took him time to find what he was looking for; it was the receptionist who had pointed it out.
"Ahem, I'm Dr. Ethan Sullivan," he introduced himself. "I created this program to train my nurses on how to handle situations better by learning from outstanding nurses in different parts of the world. So, while we bring in nurses, ours are sent to replace the incoming nurses positions. Does that make sense to you?"
"Yeah, it does. But I don't remember any nurse coming to take my position," I replied. "Are they supposed to come when I've already left?"
"Actually, they are supposed to be there before you leave," he explained. "And I guess that's where we have the problem with you."
"Huh?"
"Due to a mistake on my part, I asked for an extra nurse when we didn't need one," he continued, "Unfortunately, that was you."
"Oh, I see," I said.
"You're relatively calm about this," he said.
