Christmas Eve Carnage 2: Sprinkles Lives by John Lynch

Author:John Lynch [Lynch, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: High Explosive Horror
Published: 2024-12-10T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Liosha stood in the corner of the room, letting the doctor talk to Cindy. Her prognosis was good, and though she was a hot mess, Liosha thought she was holding up much better than they had any right to expect, given the circumstances. The little girl was one tough cookie, that’s for sure. It made her sad thinking about it. What would a child have to go through in her life to be able to withstand the type of loss she’d endured last night?

The doctor left the room and Liosha went to Cindy. “You’re gonna be okay, little one. You’re going to have to come back for more tests later to make sure your foot is good, but the doctor thinks it will be fine eventually.” She rubbed Cindy’s back, the girl smiled.

Cindy reached for her pad and scribbled. When is the next nurse going to be here? I don’t want you to leave.

The note brought an ear-to-ear grin to Liosha’s face. Some patients you couldn’t wait to get away from, but not Cindy. She was the type of patient you looked forward to each day. A good girl, a fighter. You couldn’t help but root for her and want to be a part of her recovery process. “So, I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news, I’ll be your nurse for at least the next shift. A lot of the staff couldn’t make it in today because of the storm and the state of emergency, so they asked everyone who was already here to stay and work overtime. Now here’s the bad news. It’s busier here during the day. Even if we don’t have many new patients coming in today, there is just more that is done during the day, and with us being short-staffed, it means we’re all going to have to do more work. So yes, I will be here today, sweet girl, but it might take me longer to get to you. If I’m slow to come by, don’t get upset. I’ll be here, I’m just super busy. There's a chance they may continue diverting patients to the other area hospitals; if that happens, I’ll be more available.”

Cindy scribbled on the pad again. Okay, I’ll try not to bother you too much. Just don’t forget about me!

“How could anybody forget you? You’re precious. Food should be here any minute. It’s actually a bit late, so hopefully it won’t be much longer. I’ve gotta go to the nurses’ station but I’ll be back. I’ll see what kind of books we have lying around the hospital for when I come around. Why don’t you watch some TV?”

Cindy nodded and started flipping through the stations.

Just as Liosha made it back to the nurses’ station, an alarm sounded for one of the rooms at the other end of the hall. She dropped what she was doing and ran to the patient emergency.

The day was sure to be a long one.

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