Passion Restored by Carrie Ann Ryan

Author:Carrie Ann Ryan [Ryan, Carrie Ann]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-28T08:00:00+00:00

9

“Call it. Time of death, five forty-two p.m.”

Liz stood motionless as Dr. Wilder’s words hit her, the meaning of them crashing into her far harder than they should. She didn’t know this patient, had only been working on the man for seven minutes since she’d been called into the room late as additional support, and yet the words broke her ever so slightly.

She’d known her job would entail this when she signed up for nursing school. There had been no hiding from the dark parts of the job, even as a student. Yet she’d also known that saving people’s lives would be worth it. It had to. She’d saved countless lives, helped others through the ER when she thought she wouldn’t be able to, and yet today, she hadn’t been enough. The doctors, techs, nurses, and aides hadn’t been enough for this man and the car accident that had been too much for his body.

This had been the second patient today that had died when she was in the room. Twice, time of death had been called. Twice, they hadn’t been enough. Twice, others had had to come into the room and clean up the mess left behind, the only evidence that someone had once been alive in the room but would now forever be lost to the powers that were far stronger than the strength in the hands of the doctors, nurses, and staff who’d tried to save them. It wasn’t uncommon to lose more than one person in a day, not in a trauma center, but today of all days seemed harder. Did it ever get easier?

Damn it.

Damn it all.

Fuck it all.

Just fuck everything.

After almost an hour of crying the night before, she’d finally fallen asleep in Tessa’s arms, her body drained. Thankfully, she had a swing shift today, so she’d been able to sleep in a bit, her body heavy from sobbing and too many emotions warring within her mind and soul. She hadn’t meant to tell Owen everything or, honestly, anything at all. Pushing him away had been the only way to keep things safe, and yet, in the end, she wasn’t sure how much good it had done. He’d said he would be back, but would he? He now knew the darkest parts of her, the parts she’d wanted to keep hidden but had let bleed out in a rush.

Damn it. It didn’t matter. She was at work, and she couldn’t think about Owen or anything having to do with him. She needed to clean herself up and try to keep the next patient alive. Because if she lost this one… She held back a shudder. She couldn’t think like that. It wouldn’t do anyone any good.

“Liz? Can I speak to you for a minute?”

Liz jolted at Nancy’s question and gave a quick nod. “Sure. Where?”

“The lounge, please,” she clipped before moving quickly away with Lisa on her tail.

After letting out a sigh, Liz followed them, the knot in her stomach tightening with each step.

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