Playing Doctor: A Central West End Story by Cahoon Lynn

Author:Cahoon, Lynn [Cahoon, Lynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-29T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Saturday morning sunlight streamed into Annie’s bedroom window. The week had been gray and cloudy, both outside with the weather and inside the hospital dealing with Nurse Abbott. Annie had her first monthly review meeting on Monday. A meeting she needed to be prepared for. There had to be a way to convince her supervisor that Annie was all about business. And that she wanted to succeed.

But that was Monday. She had two days to shop, clean the apartment, do laundry, and pay bills. Nothing got done during the week. Not yet anyway. When Annie got home after work, it was Calgon take me away time. Then straight to bed. She hadn’t realized how draining working a floor could be. Or how emotional. Peds had been light, most of the time, nurses were encouraged to smile and play when possible.

First things first, it was time to run. Annie figured out long ago that a run first thing in the morning cleared her head and put the day into perspective. Then when the treat cart came by, Annie didn’t feel quite so tempted by the variety of candy bars offered to the staff each Friday as a reward. Bess called it the ‘happy’ cart and looked forward to the sugar high. She’d sighed yesterday when Annie grabbed an apple instead of a candy bar.

“Girl, you’re never going to build up any meat on your bones.” Bess bit into a chocolate covered toffee bar. “Mmmm. Men like curvy women.”

“How many times do I have to say this, Bess, I’m not looking for a man.” Annie leaned back in her chair. “Don’t look at me like that. When would I have time?”

“Everyone has time for love, Annie. You make the time.”

Those words had rolled around in Annie’s head all night. Was she being too focused on career? She shook her head. Nope, she had a plan. Stick with the plan. Plans are good. A little house with a white picket fence came later in the plan much later.

Annie pulled on her running clothes and stood by the window, tugging her straight hair into a ponytail. It was sunny. The streets were dry. Spring was fighting to arrive. It was time to run in the park.

This would be her first run outside since she moved into the building. Her first run as one of the park’s neighbors. She couldn’t control the smile that covered her face as she took the elevator down to the lobby. Welcome to Forest Park, Annie, she imagined the park announcing when she crossed the sidewalk.

Bouncing out the elevator, she ran smack into a petite brunette carrying canvas grocery bags and knocked one out of the woman’s hand. Apples rolled out on the lobby’s marble floor.

“I’m so sorry,” Annie bent down to retrieve the runaway fruit.

Sara sat the bag on the floor and went after a package of chocolate that had fallen with the apples. “No problem, my bad. I get lost in my head sometimes. Too many stories running around in there.

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