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.’‘Because we’re two doctors down,’ James answered back.‘Because the consultants and registrars are dealing with the stuff that the SHOs usually do.’‘We’ve provided locums,’ Brent responded coolly.‘Just never the same one twice.’ James’s tone would have cut ice.‘Which means they have to be orientated, which means they don’t even know where the IV trolley is, or the patella hammer, or how to use the paging system…I could go on.’‘Please don’t.’ Brent said.‘Just get the waiting times down.’James was not best pleased when he strode back into Emergency, especially when May followed him into his office.‘I don’t care if this is a bad time!’ May slammed the door closed in a way only a very good colleague could, but he was boiling too, refusing to look at her, refusing to respond, lest he say the wrong thing.He flicked through his emails as May ranted on.‘I have just had another locum shouting at one of my nurses because she dared to buzz him on his coffee-break.I tell you, James, this place is at breaking point.Something has to give.’‘It just did.’ James looked up at his favourite nurse.‘I quit!’‘No!’ May practically shrivelled in front of him.‘No, James.’‘Er, I was joking!’‘Cheeky pup.’‘Remember Dean Hayes?’‘The one with the terrible dandruff?’ May frowned as she placed him.‘That’s him.’ James nodded.‘Well, he’s jetting off to Europe in two months and has emailed asking for every shift available.’‘He is good.’ May nodded, but was only slightly mollified.‘And Lorna.’ James cleared his throat.‘She just sent in her résumé.She can start in two weeks, light duties only, but she’s very good, very sharp.’‘She’s a GP, isn’t she?’‘She is—and she also covers a rural area, so she’s pretty used to dealing with whatever lands in her lap, though she might struggle with the volume.’‘She’ll cope.’‘And I’ll go and have a word with the locum.’‘Right!’ May gave him a very nice smile.‘That is better!’‘I’ll email Dean and give him a pile of work.’ He gave a shrug.‘I’ll ring Admin now and tell them I’ve just done a telephone interview with Lorna.I know it’s been hard on the nursing staff…’‘We’ll get there.’ May smiled.‘Okay, I’ll give the girls the news and then I’m off.’‘It’s only midday.’‘Ah, but I’m on the old contract.’ May smiled.‘And I’m glad that I dug my heels in—I still get my half-days!’That took him to midday, but all he wanted to do was go home, all he wanted to do was remember.He had no qualms about Pauline cleaning up behind him, he’d long since stopped feeling embarrassed when he’d come home to find a neat little pile of earrings and bras that she’d retrieved during her working day.He no longer noticed the way her mouth disappeared into itself when a pretty new face tumbled into the kitchen as she was unloading the dishwasher.He wanted his room as Lorna had left it—wanted the scent of her in the bedroom and a couple of long auburn hairs on his bathroom floor for just a little while longer—then he’d deal with getting over her.Again.Chapter Fifteen‘HIS tax return?’ May lowered the elevation on her treadmill so she was walking on flat ground at two miles an hour.‘He’s doing his tax return at this time of the year?’‘He’s got papers everywhere,’ Pauline huffed, still climbing up that hill, ‘apparently.’‘Apparently?’‘I’m not to open the door in case it disturbs his receipts.’They stopped talking for a minute, first to get their breath back and second, to ponder the lovely young man who was working on his pectorals.‘I did pop in to say goodbye to Lorna,’ Pauline added fifteen minutes later as they rewarded their workout with croissants and cappuccinos.‘It would have been so lovely to see her before she went, but I didn’t have the heart to disturb them, they were up in his bedroom.’‘In his bedroom, you say?’‘She was crying.’ Pauline said, discreetly not mentioning the underwear strewn banister that had greeted her along with the thuds from the bedroom.‘Up in her room, well, his room, but she’s used it since she was there.It has a bathroom, you see.’‘Well, that makes sense.’ May nodded.‘She was crying, you say?’‘Sobbing actually,’ Pauline confirmed, pursing her lips and catching May’s eyes.‘It would break the coldest heart to hear it—it’s good that he was there.’ She took a bite of her croissant.‘To comfort her, of course.’‘Poor pet,’ May tutted, then rallied.‘Did I mention she was coming back?’Chapter SixteenSHE was just a colleague.Over and over he told himself that as he skimmed through her résumé.She was also his ex-wife, James consoled himself as he read it more closely, as every detail was imprinted for ever on his mind.It was natural to be curious.Natural to notice that she’d now become an organ donor and that her hobbies were listed as swimming, tennis and triathalon.Liar, liar, liar James had wanted to respond to her, but he fired it over to Admin and sent a quick email to her headed ‘Reading, reading, reading’, which he knew she’d understand [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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