CODE Z: An Undead Hospital Anthology by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: KnightWatch Press
Published: 2012-03-16T04:00:00+00:00

Lockdown

By Shawn M. Riddle

Hinesville, Georgia

Robert E.LeeMemorialHospital

April 19, 2011-9:52 P.M.

Doctor Steve Zimmerman jerked his Mustang into the parking lot and cut off a blonde nurse in a Honda Civic to take the last space in the emergency employee’s lot. When she honked at him, he flipped her off without a glance.

This was his fourth straight week of working the ER night shift. The past month had been monotonous. Sure an occasional real patient came through the ER, but the majority was the dregs-- drunks who got into bar fights or fell down stairs, drug overdoses, and every hypochondriac in the county. They all seemed to converge on his hospital and, more specifically, his shift like vultures to a fresh corpse. He didn't spend all those years studying and working through his medical degree to waste his talents on trivial, meaningless cases.

Chuck, the night security officer, glanced up from his newspaper as Steve walked in. “Evenin’ Doc. How you doing tonight?”

Steve screwed on a tight smile, “OK I guess, just another night of dealing with idiot drunks and patients who think a runny nose is a 911 emergency.”

Chuck snickered and snapped his newspaper, “Yeah, we do get a lively crowd, but it pays the bills I guess.”

“Yeah, I suppose so,” Steve sighed as he scratched his name into the log. He turned and strode away from the desk, hoping to avoid further conversation.

“Have a good night, Doc,” Chuck called after him.

Without turning around, Steve mumbled, “Yeah,” and made his way through the lobby and into the ER.

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