The hiking Doctor saves CEO

NURSE KIM......NURSE KIM...

*silence*

all that Abby heard after she called out was the sound of her own breathing.

Abby scanned the whole area and no sign of Kim the head nurse, she thought to herself

'How is it that she is always missing when things get busy'

she took a deep breath and slowly released it with her eyes closed trying to calm herself

as soon as she opened her eyes her phone started ringing, she rolled her eyes, cleared her throat 'ahem'...

and in her most calm voice, she said 'hello nurse Abby speaking'......' WHY ARE YOU STILL

NOT BACK'...Abby moved the phone away from her ear and Phoebe was still yelling...'HOW IS IT THAT YOU CAN NEVER

GET ANYTHING I ASK OF YOU DONE, MY 80-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA MOVES FASTER THAN YOU, GET...BACK...HERE NOW!!'

*silence*

'ABBY......remember why you took these extra shifts' she said to herself as she fought the urge to lose it for the gazillion times this week.

Although Abby had worked previously in the ED she hated the department, it was the only place she thought she would never voluntarily work at, yet

here she was, developing anger issues and constantly being yelled at by nurses, patients and doctors. She usually works as a scrub nurse in general surgery 4 days a week

in the mornings and in afternoons she was at her second job, but due to financial issues, she has had to pick up extra shifts in the ED as two nurses are on maternity leave and she needs the money.

*at the nursing station*

Phoebe was on the phone with Dr Park, giving him a handover from nurse Kim who left early due to a family emergency, while documenting patient admissions,

soon enough she got off the phone and started scanning for Nurse Abby who had yet to return. She spotted Nurse John: ''nurse John before you leave, can you please complete a set of observations for the male patient in the yellow seat!'

'sure' John replied.

As John was preparing the treatment room, Phoebe added 'the department snail has yet to return, who knows which country she is taking a detour in' *eye roll*

John understood who she was referring to and he just nodded and proceeded to call the patient in.

John was aware of phoebe's snide comments, in fact, he was maybe even immune to them.

Abby and Phoebe were actually childhood friends. They grew up in the same town, went to the same schools and even studied nursing together at the same university. They were close most of their lives even though they had completely different upbringings and circumstances. Although Phoebe was not rich, she came from a middle-class well off family where she was the only child, so she was a little more carefree and sometimes a little entitled, whereas Abby lived with her grandparents and her little brother after the disappearance of their mother, her father passed away when she was 10yrs old. This meant she also had a lot of responsibilities.

They started drifting at the end of high school and even more so in their first year of university, while phoebe was busy partying and making friends, Abby was busy working different part-time jobs

*babysitting

*tutoring

*waitressing

*kitchen hand

*cleaner

you name it she has done it all. She not only had to put herself through school she had to look after her brother to help her aging grandparents all the while keeping her grades up

*In the surgical ward*

The head nurse was sitting at the station with a worried expression while looking over the roster for the rest of the week and especially the afternoon as two-afternoon nurses and a morning nurse called in sick for the rest of the week.

She raised her head and saw nurse Davidson passing by holding a catheter bag and a bluey, she signalled for him to come over.

'Paul would you be able to do a double tomorrow afternoon?' asked the head nurse.

'Sorry Jill, I have a family gathering tomorrow, stated nurse Davidson.

"that's alright, I thought I would ask you first, have you seen nurse Sullivan?" responded Jill.

'You mean Abby? Replied Paul with a sad expression before looking down.

"Yes Abby Sullivan, Jacqui Sullivan is still on maternity leave as you already know" replied Jill

Paul paused for a while with a concerned expression, deliberating on whether to tell Jill about Abby as he felt it wasn't his place to say something yet.

Jill noticed the look on his face and decided to ask him "Paul are you okay?"

Paul who was deep in his own thoughts and worries, raised his head with a confused look on his face and asked 'sorry did you say something?'

"I asked if you were, okay?" Jill repeated

'With a guilty expression, Paul said, 'I am okay, as for Abby she is on leave as of tomorrow, you will probably get an email regarding her leave, which has already been approved'

'Sorry Jill, I've got to go, Mr Kent is waiting for a catheter change before Jill could reply, Paul had already started walking away.

Jill called out to him "how long is she gone for?"

'I don't know' paul replied as he disappears around the corner.

Jill with a frustrated look on her face, picked up her phone as she dialled Abby's Number

She waited and waited but her call only reached the voicemail, she called again and still no answer.

She then walked over to the phone at the nursing station and dialled *33750*

*Ring Ring Ring*

"Emergency department John speaking"

'Hi, John! It's Jill, is nurse Kim there by any chance?'

"Kim is currently assisting Dr Park with his rounds, she will be back soon, if it's urgent she has the Ed mobile on her' replied John before hanging up and greeting a patient who

just walked in.

'Hello Sir, how may I help you asked John.

In a very timid and low but audible tone, the old man said "I...I am looking for my wife the..the lady at the front said to..to come here..yeah come here he said while nodding his head as if unsure of what he is saying.

'Oh okay, what is your wife's last name' said John while logging into patient admission.

As he looked up, he got a call, which he answered "Emergency department John speaking" while still looking at the man waiting for the last name.

'John is there a man in his late 60s looking for his wife in the ED by any chance? Asked the lady on the phone

John with an unsure tone replied, "ahh yes, why?"

"Tell him his wife is on level 2 near geriatrics in block E and to ring the bell when he gets there and the nurses will show him to her room"

John thought for a second and *ding* with a surprised look on his face isn't that the dementia ward' he thought to himself.

"John are you still there?" asked the nurse in the dementia ward

"Oh yes, sorry I will have one of the interns heading that way assist him' john replied before putting the phone down and calling over the intern who just arrived and is on his

way to geriatrics.

John had only started working at Kendrick Memorial Hospital, 6months ago and was still adjusting to the layout of the hospital, he had previously worked at Hope Hospital in a small town, which is where he met nurse Phoebe.

*5years ago*

"ABBY"

"Yes?"

she called out from the kitchen. She was washing the dishes on a Saturday night on her second shift today, she was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to be in her bed.

On Saturday evenings she worked at Exclusive Bar and Grill, the name of the restaurant said it all, she was not a fan of working there but the tips were always the best as she often would be waitressing and most of the customers that came there were upper-middle-class and up.

Abby was a petit blonde with hazel eyes and a cheerful face. She is kind, caring and timid. This often lead to her being looked down on and bullied, she is not the kind of person to "rock the boat" she often avoided confrontation by apologising even if she wasn't in the wrong.

she is often bossed around and given the jobs, her co-workers did not want to do and she would do so without any complaints. behind her back, they called her "sorry abs" she was especially targeted by another waitstaff called Suzy, mostly because she always thought that Abby was purposely making her look bad in front of the manager. However, Abby was just a hardworking girl who always put her all into whatever she was doing and often people recognised that and would praise her.

"ABBY"

"Yes, Mr Jin, coming" she yelled out while drying her hands.

she ran out of the kitchen to the manager's office.

*in an English accent*

"Jess just called in sick, I will need you out there taking orders, James the kitchen hand will be here soon, go tidy up and look presentable, we have important guests here tonight, make sure to smile, any issues notify me straight away'

"Yes sir, thank you, Mr Jin" she bowed slightly and left the office and headed to the staff room.

in the staff room, Abby changed her uniform, fixed her hair, and applied a bit of make before putting on her apron.

she took one last look at herself in the mirror, as she was about to walk out she turned around, started looking in her bag, and took out a little pink bottle of perfume, sprayed herself before putting it back in her bag and grabbing a little purple bottle of mouth spray and walked out.

Abby was at the counter scanning the restaurant when Suzy came up to her and told her she would be responsible for the left side of the outdoor tables, she nodded at Suzy before grabbing her iPad and heading outside.

When she went outside she saw that she only had 3 tables with seated customers, so she thought to herself 'i might not get much in tips tonight but at least I won't be running around"

*table 1*

With a kind smile, she walked up to the older couple chatting and joking around with each.

"Hi, welcome EBG, my name is Abby I'll be your server tonight, 'are you guys ready to order?'

lady: I will have another lychee cocktail and my husband will have another whiskey dry.

She typed their table number on the Ipad and put through their drinks, she moved on to appetisers

she asked ' Have you had a chance to look at the menu and would you guys like an appetiser to start or are you ready to order your mains?

man: We will have the triple-deck combo, but instead of the premium squid pieces, can we get spring rolls, my wife is crazy about them, he laughed as he said it like it was an inside joke that only he and his wife knew.

The wife wife laughed along before ordering their mains

okay! sir and madam that's all done, appetiser should be out in the next 10 mins, enjoy!!

Ding!

she had a notification from table 2, she went over to the table of 4, they were ready to order, she took all their orders and messaged the bartender regarding their drinks before sending through all their orders, once she was done she went back to the counter and enquired about the wait times, desserts and specials for tonight so if her customers asked she would have an answer for them.

She then walked back to her area to serve her last table which had 5 young men, who were a bit loud and rough around the edges but she understood that they were probably from well off families and would have to be tolerant and patient. So before she went to their table she took a deep breath and walked over with a big smile..

Hi welcome to EBG, my name is Abby i will be your server tonight, are you guys ready to order?

as she was finishing her introduction, one of the men who had curly hair and an unkept beard said under his breath "you can serve me any night " and the rest of them giggled while looking at each before turning to Abby and ordering their drinks and next they ordered appetisers, 2x Triple-deck combo, which came with buffalo wings, bruschetta and premium squid pieces and 2x cheesy garlic breads.

while entering the last of their appetiser she had this weird uncomfortable feeling, that gave her shivers, like someone was looking at her with lustful and hungry eyes.

She wanted to take the rest of their order so she can leave, so she raised her head with a smile and said "and for your mains what would you like?"

one of the other men with blue eyes wearing a neat grey suit with very shinny hair started to look at the menu again and as he was about to order another men with brown hair near his shoulders with dark eyes and a creepy grin interrupted and said "actually we are still waiting for one more person, we will order our mains when he is here"

Omg! why? i have to come back to this table again, where i am looked at like a piece of meat, ugh their looks make me feel so dirty, this is probably why Suzy gave me this area, she thought to herself.

She went back to her post where she was observing the restaurant and waiting for the bartender to call her over to help with taking drinks to tables, she had a feeling someone was staring at her intensely, she could not shake the feeling so she went out back for a quick drink of water, she came back saw a notification for drinks at the bar she went there and since it was for table 3 she decided to take them with her on her way to her area to help out the bartender. As she was handing the drinks out she kept getting "accidentally groped" by the men, who would touch her arms, hips and ass and instantly apologise, she felt so uncomfortable but there was nothing she could do so she just put up with it.