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“I realize this isn’t the ideal way to come to this fork in the road, but you have a few months to secure your next position. I recommend you choose wisely. I will support and advocate for you for any job you choose.”
She nodded and handed the director a small gift bag; she’d gotten her a gift for Christmas.
“Thank you, Director. I guess I have a lot of thinking to do. I hope you have a merry holiday with your family.”
She handed her a red envelope from off his desk. “Merry Christmas, Margo. I’ll be back in the office on Monday and expect you to have some answers about where you see yourself in the next decade of your career.”
“No pressure.”
After talking with the director, she made her way down the back stairs to the sad little attending office and closed the door. Things were still quiet, but any minute they would probably get hit with another wave of chaos. She was losing her job, and her ex-boyfriend was taking it from her.
As if she conjured him to appear, Drake knocked on the door and poked his head in.
“Are you taking visitors?” he asked.
She’d been staring at the wall where her festive advent Christmas countdown calendar hung.
“Sure, come on in.”
“I had some big news to tell you, but maybe this isn’t a good time,” Drake said, clearly noticing her mood.
“I don’t mean to steal your thunder, but I heard you’re taking a job at Mercy.”
Drake walked into the small space and shut the door behind him.
“I was hoping when I told you, there would be more excitement.”
Margo looked up and forced a smile. “I am really excited that you’re staying in Virginia.”
“But not about me staying at Mercy?”
She laughed. “Well, the thing is, you told the director you wanted to stay in the ER department at Mercy, not plastics.”
“Yes, I told you I’ve been loving the pace and really helping people. Are you worried about us working together long term? Because I think we work great together. You tell me what to do, and I’ll do it.”
“No, it’s just that there are only four attending physician positions in the ER, and you will make five.”
“And?” He sat on the edge of the desk and waited.
Margo huffed, feeling a little annoyed he didn’t tell her before he went after one of the attending jobs.
“Drake, my contract is up in a few months in the ER, and since you don’t want to practice plastic surgery anymore, the board is going to give you my job.”
“But I thought you were going after the deputy director position, even though you didn’t tell me.”
“Well, it looks like we both were keeping secrets, and I didn’t get that promotion. So I’ll be out of a job in a few months. You have to admit, it’s kind of funny. My ex-boyfriend rolls back into town, hops in my bed, and takes my job from me.”
“Hang on, that isn’t what is happening. If there isn’t a position in the ER, then I won’t take the job. I haven’t signed anything yet.”
Margo slapped her hands down on the desk. “So now my ex-boyfriend will fight my battles? No thanks.”
“Stop calling me your ex. We’re so much more than that now.”
“Are we? Because neither of us told each other about our plans, and it’s only been a week since we’ve been sleeping together.”
“There are other hospitals in the area. I’ll find a job in a different one.”
“Don’t you get it? I don’t want this job anymore and not just because the board has decided you’ll be better at it than me. But now I have to wait to see what scraps of jobs they can’t fill with rockstar physicians that they’ll offer me.”
