My Illness

Part 17

Rosie pov

Sara opened the door and I was not expecting to see who was sitting in front of me. Addie's dad.

Rosie - "MR. GREENE?!"

Herman - "Rosie? What are you doing here?"

Rosie - "I came to get a job here"

Sara - "I'm sorry, you two know each other?"

Rosie - "Uh...yeah. He's my best friend's father"

Sara - "Oh. I see"

Herman - "Do you have your references with you, Rosie?"

Rosie - "Yeah..."

I reached into my bag to pull out the file but he stopped me.

Herman - "I was just kidding, sweetheart. I already know all of the schools you went to and the degrees you got. You're hired"

Rosie - "Thank you, Mr. Greene"

Herman - "Of course. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting I need to attend"

Sara - "Sorry for the intrusion"

Herman - "No need for apologies. I'll see you, ladies, later"

He nodded and walked out of the room. That was very... interesting. I turned back to face Sara.

Rosie - "So, um, what can I do?"

Sara - "Oh. Well, it says here in your references that you used to work at the Kindred Hospital in New Jersey. Did you do anything in particular there?"

Rosie - "I mostly gave treatments to cancer patients"

Sara - "Unfortunately, we don't treat those patients here, so we'll have to find something else"

Rosie - "I'll do whatever I can to help"

Sara - "You know what? I might have something you can do"

I nodded and looked at her expectantly.

Sara - "We have a patient here who was shot three or four months ago. He comes in once a month for a check-up"

Rosie - "Could I have his file?"

Sara - "Yes, of course. One moment please"

She went back to the reception desk and I followed. She then opened a drawer and pulled out the man's file. She handed it to me and said;

Sara - "He's in room twelve"

I nodded and found my way to the right room. I read through the file on my way. Lucas Andrews. Wait, as in the father of Kyle Andrews? I'll have to ask him, I guess. I took a deep breath and opened the door. He was already sitting on the bench.

Rosie - "Are you Lucas Andrews?"

Lucas - "Uh... I am. I'm sorry, I don't mean to be rude, but are you really a nurse?"

Rosie - "Yes that's correct. I can assure you that I'm more than qualified. I'm Dr. Gentry and I'll be doing your monthly check-up today"

Lucas - "Oh...okay. Nice to meet you, I guess"

Rosie - "Have you been having any strange symptoms or feeling anything out of the ordinary?"

Lucas - "No. Not at all"

Rosie - "Okay great. Can I check your abdomen? It says here that is where you were shot"

Lucas - "Yeah"

We were both silent for a moment before I said;

Rosie - "If it's too much, I apologize, but do you mind telling me exactly what happened?"