Clinical Distance by Maria V. Ciletti

Author:Maria V. Ciletti
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
ISBN: 9781935216032
Publisher: Intaglio Publications
Published: 2009-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

When Regan left my apartment that morning, it was with the promise that we would get together again soon. That was a promise I was beginning to regret. When I closed the door behind her, a wave of relief swept over me that she was finally gone. What had I been thinking the night before? Am I that immature that I can’t keep my hormones in check for one night? I must have been crazy to want to get involved with that woman again. Considering the circumstances, getting back into a relationship with Regan would be disastrous. I sat on the couch with my head in my hands, trying to sort all this out.

And then there was Rosetti. It had been two days and still no word from her. This fact really intensified the guilt I had felt the night before. Rosetti had asked me to take care of her mom if anything should happen to her. Although I didn’t want to believe that anything had happened to her or ever would, for that matter. I had some spare time before I had to be at work, and I felt I needed to begin fulfilling that promise. Maybe it would relieve some of the guilt, too.

I walked over to the nursing home and rode the elevator up to the second floor. This is where Rosetti and I had met. Teresa Rosetti came here to die, as she had terminal cancer that had spread throughout her body. That was over five years ago. Her cancer was in remission, and if I hadn’t believed in miracles before I met Teresa Rosetti, I surely believed in them now.

“Hi, Mrs. Rosetti. How are you?” I walked over to Teresa’s bed and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“Mina, it’s good to see you,” she said, grabbing my face with both hands and kissing me on both cheeks. Teresa was a tiny woman with a thick Italian accent. Her short curly gray hair and thick lensed glasses, which were too big for her face, always made me think she looked like Sophia on “The Golden Girls.”

“Sorry I haven’t been here in a while.”

“I know…I know…you’re a busy girl…big shot doctor and all,” Teresa said, pride beaming in her voice. “Have you seen that crazy daughter of mine? Three days, she no come to see her mother. What the hell is wrong with her?”

“She’s working, Mrs. Rosetti.”

“Working? She’s always working. She works too hard…like a man…always working.”

“She’s working a special assignment, so I told her I would check in on you. Is that okay?”

“Sure, okay.”

“So how are you doing?”

“I’m a good…except for a little crease pain every once in a while…I feela pretty good,” Teresa said, gesturing with her hands as she spoke.

“Crease pain? What’s crease pain?”

“You don’t know about crease pain? What kind of doctor are you?” Teresa laughed.

“Crease pain is here,” Teresa said, placing her hands in her groin where her legs joined her hips. See…in a the creases…crease pain.”

“Oh, now I see,” I said, holding in the laughter.

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