Yearn (Revenge Book 4) by Burns Trevion

Author:Burns, Trevion [Burns, Trevion]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-01T08:00:00+00:00

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Veda had barely made it to the end of the hallway that led to the main lobby before she heard Gage’s voice. The deep voice that had once operated at an unwavering level two was now at a level ten. It reached Veda long before she made it to the lobby, causing her legs to freeze at the end of the hall. Still early morning, the waiting room was mostly empty, employees and patients slowly trickling in.

She tucked herself into a dark corner that hid her away from the welcome desk. She peeked around. Gage leaned on the welcome desk in a steel gray suit, lethal brown eyes shooting daggers at Nurse Latika, who faced him from her rolly chair on the opposite side.

“Why am I hearing that a patient has been given a CT scan and admitted to one of our best rooms with no payment details on file?” Gage demanded.

Latika remained silent from her workstation, surrounded by never-ending piles of charts and files.

His voice rose. “Is this really how you’d like to start your morning, Latika? Are you really ready to start making terminable slip-ups on patient billing when your pension is only two years away?”

Veda’s stomach felt sick as Gage wasted no time threatening Latika’s retirement. All because she’d made the heartfelt decision to break the rules and admit Veda’s grandmother. Unable to stand it, Veda began to move out of the shadows to approach Gage. Like he’d said, Latika was two years out from retirement, and Veda couldn’t stomach the idea of her losing it all because of her.

Latika’s next words stopped her cold. “Gage. It’s Veda’s grandmother.”

Veda re-set and stumbled back into the shadows, heartbeat picking up, peeping around the corner once more. Eyes wide, she waited for the real explosion from Gage. The explosion that always followed the sound of her name those days.

But instead, Gage’s shoulders fell. His lips went slack. His eyes, though still hard, narrowed, fingers tightening around the edge of the desk.

Silence.

Then, “What do you mean it’s her grandmother?”

Latika breathed deep. It shook slightly, betraying her nerves. Once upon a time she’d been his favorite employee, but Gage didn’t play favorites anymore, and Latika was no fool. She knew even she wasn’t above his wrath.

She retrieved a chart from one of the many sky-high piles around her, offering it to Gage with a wobbling hand.

Gage snatched it. After riffling through the pages with a scowl, the sharp line between his eyebrows weakened.

“Seizure?” He lifted his eyes to Latika.

“Epileptic. Stable, but doctors wanted to monitor overnight.” Latika sighed as he resumed leafing through the chart. “Veda brought her in, late last night, just crying hysterically. Just absolutely beside herself. How could we turn her away? How could we not transfer her to our best room?” Latika spoke hesitantly, knowing she was treading thin water. “How could we do that?”

Gage lifted his hard eyes from the chart.

Latika appeared frozen in her seat. Veda could almost see her digging her nails into the desk from behind the high walls.

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