Always, It's You

Chapter 50

Taehyung woke up quite late.
The first thing that came to his mind was to check on Ashley. It's his second time staying over.
He felt so soft thinking about last night. Did Ashley really mean it? Or was it just some alcohol talking?
What was she doing? He knew she has a night shift today, which makes her morning free.

He came out of the guest room. The door of Ashley's room was open and she was not inside.

Taehyung came down. Ashley was nowhere to be found. The second time he came into the living room, he noticed the note on the coffee table. He picked it.

" Sorry for leaving early. It was an emergency.
Sorry for not staying for breakfast. There's everything in the fridge, please help yourself."
- A

Taehyung smiled to himself. It was almost 9 A.M. When did she leave?

Ashley thumped on her chair and closed her eyes. She barely had slept last night and she was paged super early this morning.
Dr. Martin called for a day off at the last minute and Ashley was there to fill the void for his duty.
That means she has to fill his morning and afternoon shifts and her night shift as well.
She already performed a meningocele surgery from the dawn.

She was tired to the core, the ending of the afternoon shift seemed decades later. She didn't have her breakfast yet. Did Taehyung get her message?

"Dr. Ruth?" suddenly Sharon peeked her head in.

Ashley opened her eyes and looked at her with a question.

"As you are filling for Dr. Martin today, will you attend his appointments too? And what about the residents?"

"Cut me some slack, Sharon," Ashley sighed. "I had performed a surgery a few minutes ago. Give me some time to take a breather."

"It's just the people, they are waiting," Sharon said guiltily.

"Inform them about the situation. If they want Dr. Martin, tell his PA to make an apology for the last-minute cancellation and to reschedule the date.
But if they are ok with me seeing them, I will attend to them but they have to give me some time," Ashley answered. "And about the residents,  they can come and join my residents for today."

"I will explain the situation to them," Sharon nodded and went out.

Ashley again closed her eyes. She didn't mind attending to patients but she needed some time to clear her head today. And unfortunately, today was her busiest day.
Luckily she was not feeling the alcohol effect from last night. She couldn't have performed the surgery today if she had.

Sharon again peeked in, " Dr. Ruth, I  informed them about the situation, some of them are ok with you attending them. I told them to come back at 11. I left the patient's portfolios with your PA."

"Thank you, Sharon. Please tell my PA to not let anyone in before 11 unless it's an emergency," Ashley nodded.

Sharon left closing the door behind. It was 9:30. That makes a decent amount of time for her to take a nap and change her scrubs. She hated to put on the same scrubs after any surgery.

She dozed off very fast lying on the couch near the window for a quick nap for half an hour.

Ashley's internal clock woke her up right in time.

Ashley got up and almost jumped seeing someone sitting on the chair in front of her desk. It was Taehyung.

" God! Tae! You scared me!" Ashley exclaimed.

Taehyung flashed a smile.

"Who let you in? Nina is so dead!" Ashley frowned thinking of her PA.