Black Friday by DeMoss Bob

Author:DeMoss, Bob
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

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Wednesday 11:31 AM

Stan spent the first two hours of the morning filling out basic employee forms in an unused counseling room. They wanted his Social Security number. Date of birth. Home address. The usual info so Uncle Sam could tax the life out of his wages. He was told to review a thick summary of the Total Choice Medi-Center services as well as a job description.

He was also handed, and was instructed to review, a confidential memo detailing basic “Do’s and Don’ts” of his employment. Don’t talk to the media. Don’t talk to street-side protesters. Don’t talk to the clients unless specifically instructed to do so. Don’t talk to Dr. Graham unless he initiated the conversation.

Throughout the morning, he felt a mixture of adrenaline and anxiety. He didn’t belong here. He wasn’t one of them. Surely he’d be found out. He experienced a similar anxiety when Coach Thomas sent him to rival schools during the preseason to size up their offensive strategy—with one giant difference. Here, he’d be more than an observer. He was part of their team.

Stan felt as if he’d gone over to the dark side.

When he requested permission to call a friend, Jodi’s voice was like a breath of fresh air. She was an ally who was praying for him. Still, as he held the phone to his ear, part of his emotions overwhelmed him. He wanted to cry out to the women in the waiting area, “Don’t do it!”

At the same time, Stan knew such an outburst would have blown his cover before he learned anything. He was here to help Faith, and he would do the best he could to get Jodi what she needed for her story.

Faith.

As he finished his paperwork, he had plenty of time to think about the fact that she had been here less than two weeks ago. Stan’s heart ached at the thought of what she must have felt, coming here behind her dad’s back. She had no friends to support her. No one to help her think clearly about her choice. She had to have been so frightened.

And scared.

“All done?” Jenna said, interrupting his thoughts.

“Yes, ma’am.”

“Come with me then,” she said.

He stood up from the folding chair, thankful to be doing more than sitting alone with his thoughts in the windowless room. Stan handed Jenna the clipboard with his paperwork and followed her out the door.

“Right this way,” she said, moving along the six-foot-wide hall. “The doctor would like to have a word with you,” she said in a clinical tone.

Stan’s heart jumped. He felt like it was the first day of football training camp and he was about to meet the new coach. As he walked, he counted three doors in a row on both sides of the hallway. Each opened to a procedure room. At the end of the hall, they came to a fire door with an oversize sign declaring: STAFF ONLY. Jenna opened it and continued to walk down the hall into the back area. She ushered Stan into the second-to-last room on the right.

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