Living Between Our Memories

The Rejection

The letter with my name in the postbox read:

Dr Lee Aejeong,

You have been transferred as the chief resident in Obgy department at the Global Hospital . We want you to fill your position as soon as possible.

We kindly hope for your understanding on such a short notice.

Obgy Department,
Global Hospital,
Sydney, Australia.

It took me some minutes to comprehend what happened.
It took me some time to pull myself together.

We had been separated because of our professions and were finally living together after 2 years of marriage. And now it is all getting repeated. It's like we are back to square one.

I was already stunned at the sudden transfer but it was a big opportunity for my career.
But I was scared about us. I was scared of how I'm going to tell him and how he is going to take it. The past 6 months we spent together in the same country, in the same city, in the same home started playing in front of my eyes. I don't know how I'm going to talk to him about this.

I brush off this sad feeling and go to the bedroom to change into my work clothes. I had to report to the hospital for my afternoon shift.

I was hoping that my senior would try to understand my situation and cancel the transfer order. I thought to myself.

I got dressed up in my blue plaid shirt, white formal trousers with my white apron in my hand with my hair put up in a high pony as I pushed my bangs to my right side. I pulled up my black plain converse sneakers with a close peek on my wristwatch.

As I was walking down the stairs, I gazed at our house, taking it all in. It felt like I was seeing it for the last time. This departure felt sad for some reason.

I closed the door, locked it and left for the hospital.

I entered the hospital. The hospital was gleaming with patients as it always has.
I punched my id in the machine and walked towards the elevator. I was waiting and then I heard someone say my name.

So I turned back and saw Dr. Song coming my way.

(Dr. Song, that is Ji Ah , the senior resident in the pediatric department of our hospital and at the same time my best friend. We have known each other for 5 years while we were doing residency in our respective departments in Sydney. We were really close, we were the only students from Seoul at that time. Since then we have been besties and know almost everything about each other.)

Both of us exchanged our greetings. I kept pressing the elevator button with my eyes over my wristwatch. It felt like time was walking away too fast. And by just one look at my face, she knew something was wrong with me. So she asked me, " Hey Aejeong! Is there something wrong? You don't look fine."

I was going to reply but was stopped by the elevator which opened right before us. Some of us stepped in and I said, "A chief resident position opened up on the Sydney branch and they transferred me there. I don't know what to do about it."

She thought about it a little and said,
"Did you talk to Jung about it?"

I replied, "No, I didn't. I got to know about it after he left for work. I don't know how to tell him though. And how he is gonna take it."

She smiled and said," Are you kidding me? Jung is the most gentle and angelic man to ever exist. He would totally understand. But how long is this transfer for?"

I said," They didn't mention it in the letter. But maybe for a year or two."

She said," Then it would be fine. It's not like they want you to live there forever."

She was right but I felt uneasy for some reason.

I left the elevator at the second floor for my department and said my goodbyes to Dr Song as she headed to the pediatrics on the 5th floor.

I entered my office and saw a lot of patients in the waiting room. I gestured to the nurse to send the patient in 5 minutes. I stood behind the door for a while, put on my apron and walked towards my table.

I sat in my chair, checked the time on my cell phone , it was 4pm. I thought, four hours to go. Then I'll meet him for dinner. It was a mixture of ecstasy and anxiety at the same time.

Then I heard a knock on the door. The nurse sprang out of the partially opened door asking me whether she should send the patients or not and I nodded my head in a yes.

Slowly the patients in the waiting room started decreasing as I peeked into the waiting room through my blinds.

I glanced at the wall clock and it was already 7 pm.

At 7:30 pm, the nurse popped up and said that there aren't any more patients. I stood up, took off my apron, and rushed towards the door as I ran out in the corridor towards the office of my department towards my senior's room.

I was standing in front of the door with Prof. Kim Min Su written in bold letters.

The nurse in charge told me that he was out for a delivery and would come back in a while or so. She told me to sit in the cabin and wait for him. My first reflex to that was a look at my watch. The time was running fast.
I sighed and entered to sit in his cabin.

At around 7:50, my senior came into his cabin and said, "What a surprise Aejeong! It's good to see you. What's the occasion though? I heard you are in a hurry."

I stood up, bowed before him and said, "Sunbae, I received my transfer letter" as I took the envelope out of my handbag.

He said, "Ohh!! I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you about it. It's a good opportunity though. After seeing your performance last year, I suggested your name as you know it is a good learning opportunity."

I stood before him with a straight face and said, "Sunbae, I can't go."

He was puzzled, he asked , "Why? It's such a good opportunity. I don't know why a competent doctor would deny this. I'm sorry but as your senior I can't take no as an answer."

I was on the verge of crying then my phone rang. I forgot to put it on silent.
I held it in my hands and saw the name "My beauty" flashing before my eyes. Tears ran down my face.

Transfer!!! She has to go. But what about Hobi? How will she tell him? What do you think? The Angelic Hope, how is he gonna take it?

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