Love Is Proud by JMS Books Authors

Author:JMS Books Authors [Authors, JMS Books]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2016-07-13T04:00:00+00:00

Lucky Dog by Shawna Jeanne

The digital clock on the microwave in the tiny break room flashed 12:00, but according to Dr. Elsie Clevenger’s watch, it was only quarter to midnight. She placed a hand against the coffee maker carafe and sighed.

“Seriously?” she muttered to no one in particular. The glass was stone cold.

She had at least two more hours of her shift at River City Animal Hospital to go, and then only if there were no last minute emergencies to come bursting through the doors at two in the morning. She’d been on her feet since six, running on bland coffee and a half-eaten Lean Cuisine frozen entree she’d had to toss when a Great Dane came in suffering from congestive heart failure.

Now that the hospital had quieted down a little, she was hesitant to heat up another meal and try again, even though she had technically only used half her “lunch” break at nine o’clock. Knowing her luck, the moment she put the meal in the microwave, something else would crop up, another fire for her to put out. But maybe she could manage to pour herself another cup of bad coffee and nuke it back to life.

Too bad heating it up won’t make it taste any better, she thought, putting a mug of the cold sludge into the microwave and setting the timer for two minutes. Lord knows it can’t possibly taste any worse.

And, of course, the moment she hit the START button, she heard the familiar ding of the paging system followed by an announcement she was beginning to dread. “Dr. Elsie to Treatment Room 3, Incoming Trauma. Dr. Elsie, Treatment 3. STAT.”

There goes my coffee.

She left it, didn’t even bother to cut off the microwave, but did stop at the break room sink to scrub her hands. They kept a pump bottle of microbacterial soap on the counter for such emergencies. Using her elbow to turn off the spigot, she held her hands dripping in front of her as she hurried from the room; in the hallway, her assistant met her with a clean towel.

“Dr. Elsie, they need you in room three ASAP,” Maria Hernandez said, stepping to one side as she briskly rubbed Elsie’s hands dry.

Elsie took the towel to finish the job herself. “I heard. What’s up?”

“Dog hit by a car. There isn’t a lot of blood.”

Elsie shook her head. “Not that we can see, anyway. Damn it. When will people learn to walk their dogs on the inside?”

“I know, right?”

Maria was fresh out of college, short and plump in her dark green scrubs, her dark hair pulled back from her face and secured in a tight bun at the nape of her neck. Her face looked makeup free except for her eyes, which were heavily lined. They looked bright and alert, as if she could keep up the hectic schedule all night if needed.

Must be nice, Elsie thought, resisting the urge to run a newly cleaned hand through her own disheveled strawberry-blonde curls. Oh, to be twenty-two again.

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