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CHAPTER 3

Lada woke up the next morning by the sunlight that slowly emerged through her eyelids. She yawned loudly and rubbed her eyes sleepily.

She reached for her phone on the table, her finger touched a pink post-it attached on its screen.

Urgent meeting. Here's my phone number, give me your list I'll buy them later. There's breakfast in the kitchen. -Earn 

It was only -7:23 a.m., Earn was off very early.

Lada got up from the couch stretched out her body in her way to the kitchen. Her smile widen at the smell of home cooking. Happily, she dug in. Earn's cooking was actually really good. She made mental note to never accidentally blurted that out to the lawyer. She munched her food while typing her order and sent it to Earn.

Lada entered her room with unfamiliar perfume came through her nose. Vanilla, her favorite. Nice. The bed was made like no one slept there last night. She grabbed her towel and showered. She still had half an hour , when she finished her morning routine before her usual time to go to hospital. Decided she had nothing else to do, she turned off the light and made her way to work.

"Lada!" She stopped on her track finding Bow jogged towards her. "What's gotten into you? You're early," she said.

"Why? Am I not allowed to go in early?
You should be happy, it's progress"

"Are you saying that because Earn has moved in, you make a good progress?" Bow tease her.

"Hey, It's me who made progress. How could you credit her for my hard work?" She replied. She could just sleep longer like she always did but she was curious what Earn made for breakfast and she had no desire to lase around. But of course Bow didn't need that information.

"Whatever you say" Bow chuckled.

Emi was the only person in the attending lounge, she was putting some coffee in the coffee maker. She was on call last night and she looked about to faint anytime soon.

"Emi, are you okay?" Bow asked worriedly. "Come on sit. I'll make your coffee." Bow guided Emi to the couch whilst Fahlada changed her clothes.

"I haven't sleep for two days. I'm so sleepy" Emi whined weakly.

"Why do you make coffee then?" Lada asked

"I haven't done my round. Need to be awake..." her words vanished, switched over with light snore. Bow and Lada exchanged glances, pressing their laughter.

"Let her sleep. I'll tell her to report it to her."

"Okay, here's your coffee, I'll make sandwich." Bow placed her cup on the table.

"I've had enough caffeine for today and I already had an omelet. Thanks though, I'll do my rounds now, and have to teach interns after. Lunch?" Lada said as she tied her running shoes.

"Sure," Bow replied shortly. She bore down her smirk as she continued making her breakfast. Lada, she knew wasn't like this, she often skipped breakfast because she was a terrible cook not to mention slacker who was too lazy to stand in line and queued for food though it just took ten minutes tops. Without a doubt it was Earn who prepared it.

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"Blunt or sharp trauma is more dangerous? Mr. Choi?" Fahlada pointed the young man among the other hand raised.

"Blunt, I guess Doctor." He answered unsure. He made some funny faces like he was going to throw up. He was a brand new intern, below average if Lada might add. But as a teacher, it was important to her to make sure her students didn't screw with people's lives.