I laugh. “There is literally a neon-yellow sign that says ADMIN. How do they miss it?”
“Maybe we should put it on a billboard,” Gail says. “Something to pitch to the new boss.”
“I would rather they tackle the standby situation first,” I say.
Charlize snorts. “Why don’t you pitch it?”
I make a face. “They’re probably some Ivy League, sophisticated type. They’re not going to give a shit about it.”
“I might surprise you,” a voice drawls from behind us.
My stomach drops.
I close my eyes for one second, because of course the universe hates me, then slowly turn.
A man in a dark grey suit stands there, tall and slender. He is the complete opposite of Patrick, who looks like he could lift a car with one arm. This guy looks like he should be brooding in a cologne commercial.
He extends a hand to Gail.
“Rowan Murphy.”
Gail shakes it. “Gail Abbott.”
Murphy nods. “Dr. Abbott.” Then he glances at his watch. “Didn’t your shift end five minutes ago?”
Gail clears his throat. “I was just finishing paperwork, sir.”
“Dr. Murphy,” he corrects, and his voice definitely has a Boston edge. “You should finish it during your shift. You are not being paid overtime to chat up nurses.”
My eyebrows shoot up.
Not the first time someone has called me a nurse, but still… bold move on day one.
Charlize stiffens, ready to throw hands.
Murphy finally looks at me. His eyes flick over my scrubs, then my badge, before finally landing on my face.
“Doctor…?”
“Boise,” I say evenly. “Dr. Boise.”
He smiles like he just caught himself before a mistake. “Good. I hate starting the morning offending staff.”
Too late, buddy.
He turns to Charlize. “Would you mind showing me to the office?”
Charlize gets up off her stool, throwing me a wide-eyed look as she passes. Translation: Oh no. He is hot and insufferable.
Murphy follows her down the hallway without another glance at me.
Gail mouths, Good luck.
I mouth back, Kill me.
I turn toward the doors leading into the ER and straighten my coat.
I’m here to be a doctor, to save lives. I am not here to deal with a runway model from Boston who thinks he can run my ER better than the people who bleed in it.
