“Not to worry!” Charlie said. “I’m sure Dok has a medical textbook or two in her office. If not, there’s always the internet. I can talk you through.” He took Sarah by the elbow and headed back to the exam room.
Evie looked at Annie with a question in her eyes.
Annie was pretty sure that Dok would not approve of this, but she wasn’t here, and patients would be arriving soon, and ... well, quite frankly ... she was at a loss to know what to do. She didn’t even know what Gus would do in this situation.
Evie turned and headed to the exam room.
Wren paced up and down the small hallway, making Annie anxious. “Where are we supposed to work? To ... be?”
Annie shrugged. The office was already too small for Dok.
Then Wren stopped at a door. “Where does this door lead?”
“To the basement,” Annie said. “Dok uses it for storage.” She hated going down into the basement. Musty, dank, full of spiders. Who knew what else was down there?
Wren opened the door and disappeared down the steps. Fifteen minutes later, Charlie and Sarah came out of the exam room.
“Annie,” Sarah said, eyes wide, “call Dok. Tell her it’s an emergency. This doctor says I have a polyp on my vocal cords that needs to be removed.”
“Not immediately,” Charlie said. “Eventually, I said. Very minor procedure.” He turned to Annie. “Evie asked me to tell you that she’s getting the exam room ready for the next patient.”
The door in the hallway opened wide, and Wren emerged. “It’s a treasure trove down there!” she said, beaming.
A treasure trove? Annie thought of the basement as more of a cluttered nightmare—a place where old files and forgotten junk went to die. She raised an eyebrow. “Really? All I’ve ever found down there are mice and musty old boxes.”
Wren laughed, brushing some dust off her sleeves. “Oh, there’s plenty of that too. Old medical equipment, and even an antique scale for weighing babies. It’s like stepping back in time.” She turned to Charlie, eyes gleaming. “I think we might have struck gold by coming here.”
Sie waar ganz unverhofft.That was entirely unexpected.Of the three medical professionals, Wren Baker would be the last one Annie’d expect to be happy about ending up in Stoney Ridge. Turning back to work, she smiled. People could surprise you.
