Wrongly Accused by Erin Wade

Author:Erin Wade [Wade, Erin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-11-20T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 37

Val paced the floor. She knew she had sacrificed Dawn for her career. She’d made a half-hearted attempt to correct the Attorney General but was so busy basking in the limelight that she failed to consider the cost to Dawn.

Beautiful women like Dawn always landed on their feet. She’ll be okay, Val reasoned. I’ll only get one shot at the promotion I’ve dreamed of.

Besides, the little voice that wasn’t a conscience whispered, she can always work here at the prison hospital and be with you.

Sometime after two a.m., Val climbed into bed and tried to sleep. I’ll talk to her tomorrow. I’ll find a way to make it right.

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“Good morning,” Lance said, greeting Dawn with a smile. “That was an incredible documentary the warden had on television Friday night.”

The icy glare Dawn shot at him silenced any further conversation. She made her morning rounds and was finishing her notes on patients’ computer files when the head nurse signaled her for a phone call.

She took the handset from the nurse. “Dr. Fairchild.”

“Dawn, may I see you in my office?” Val asked.

“When?”

“Now, if possible.”

“Ten minutes. I need to see one more patient.”

“Of course.”

Ten minutes seemed to take an hour to pass. Then a knock on Val’s door made her jump. “Come in.”

“You wanted to see me?” Dawn stood in the doorway.

God, she’s the original ice queen, Val thought as she motioned for Dawn to sit in the chair across from hers. She poured coffee for them and leaned back in her chair.

“Dawn, I know I messed up.” Val bowed her head. “How can I make this up to you?”

Dawn glared at her. “Get me an early release. Get me out of this prison that you have changed single-handedly.”

“I . . . I know the hospital has improved solely because of you and Lance. I know it was you who pushed for decent food for the inmates. I know you and Niki were the catalysts for cleaning up the corruption in this prison. I know—”

“In short,” Dawn said, “someone else was responsible for most of the things you took credit for on TV Friday night.”

“I . . . you don’t understand,” Val wailed. “The attorney general all but told me I will soon get my dream job. The job I have worked for all my life.”

“What about me, Val? Do you know how difficult it is for a woman to make it through med school and work her way up to chief of staff?”

“I have some idea.”

“Then you know that you destroyed my reputation and my career when you pretended on national TV to have rehabilitated me. You and the attorney general acted as if you were turning out prize surgeons. This place has nothing to do with my abilities as a surgeon. If anything, this place would destroy me if I’d let it.”

“Dawn, please, just complete your sentence and be cooperative. My promotion depends on it.”

“It’s not like I have a choice.” Dawn stormed out of the office.

She didn’t touch her coffee, Val thought as she carried their cups to the sideboard.

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