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humiliation as she took the fall for something she didn’t do.
“No, Dr. Webster, that’s not how I want to care for my patients. I honestly thought I was doing the right thing.” There, that wasn’t a total lie.
“I thought you were smarter than this, Payne. I really did. I’m disappointed in you.”
“Ahem,” Cian stepped forward and cleared his throat. He had no idea what he was doing. He’d avoided all contact with Athena since the night they’d run into each other with Fergus. Now here he was getting in the middle of something that didn’t concern him. Still, he couldn’t stop himself.
“Dr. Webster, if I may. Isn’t the point of being an intern that you’re going to make mistakes? We rely on those mistakes to teach us what not to do in the future. I think I remember a time or two that you were in some hot water with your resident.” He raised an eyebrow at her and watched as she paled at the memory of her own transgressions. “Athena is one of our strongest interns, perhaps maybe look a little beneath the surface and see what really happened here before believing everything you’re told.” With that, he turned on his heel and walked away, still shocked that he’d risen to the defense of a female, an intern no less in front of half the hospital. He didn’t have to glance back to feel all the eyes boring into his back or hear the tongues start wagging with gossip. Great. Just fucking great .
Faye Webster was one of the most respected residents in the Lincoln Hospital surgical program. To receive a dressing down in front of her colleagues and subordinates was not something she ever expected to have happen to her. The need to lash out was fierce, but she kept her cool and turned skeptical eyes to Athena.
“Payne, are you covering for someone?” The insinuation made by O’Reilly that she was missing information was not lost on her. Her instincts might have been right after all when she was completely blown away by Payne’s confession.
Backed into a corner, Athena didn’t know what to do or say. If she lied again now, and was found out later it would come back on her worse. But if she told the truth, she’d be throwing Dick under the bus. At a loss, she glared hard at Dick, willing him to come forward on his own. He of course, stared back defiantly, refusing to budge. Left with no choice, she did the only thing she could.
“Yes. But don’t ask me who. We all have to work together as a team, you’ve told us that from the beginning. If we can’t rely on each other to have each other’s backs outside of the OR, how are we ever going to learn to work together to save lives in the OR?” Her question was met with silence while Faye stared at her, considering her words. Finally, she sighed.
“Fine. But all of you will be present while I explain this situation to the family. If I have to suffer through it, so do you.”
Sabine fell back into step with Athena as they headed to speak to the family. “Oh, my fucking God, Thene!” she hissed. “He came to your rescue, he spoke up in front of everyone for you! He so wants in your panties. He wants those panties off you bad. Dude, he wants you to never be wearing panties when he’s around!”
“Shhh, shut up! Enough about my panties. And he wasn’t defending me, he was helping. Helping avoid a scene,” she finished lamely, clueless on what to say. The truth was, she had no idea why Cian interjected the way he did. For the past several weeks, since that night she’d run into him on his way to the OR, she’d done her best to avoid him. Something about him that night was different; he was different. She could see it in his eyes. The feral way he’d bared his teeth and snapped at her had sent terror skidding down her spine and she barely restrained herself from sprinting at a dead run away from him. But as much as she was scared, she was also intrigued. There was a
“No, Dr. Webster, that’s not how I want to care for my patients. I honestly thought I was doing the right thing.” There, that wasn’t a total lie.
“I thought you were smarter than this, Payne. I really did. I’m disappointed in you.”
“Ahem,” Cian stepped forward and cleared his throat. He had no idea what he was doing. He’d avoided all contact with Athena since the night they’d run into each other with Fergus. Now here he was getting in the middle of something that didn’t concern him. Still, he couldn’t stop himself.
“Dr. Webster, if I may. Isn’t the point of being an intern that you’re going to make mistakes? We rely on those mistakes to teach us what not to do in the future. I think I remember a time or two that you were in some hot water with your resident.” He raised an eyebrow at her and watched as she paled at the memory of her own transgressions. “Athena is one of our strongest interns, perhaps maybe look a little beneath the surface and see what really happened here before believing everything you’re told.” With that, he turned on his heel and walked away, still shocked that he’d risen to the defense of a female, an intern no less in front of half the hospital. He didn’t have to glance back to feel all the eyes boring into his back or hear the tongues start wagging with gossip. Great. Just fucking great .
Faye Webster was one of the most respected residents in the Lincoln Hospital surgical program. To receive a dressing down in front of her colleagues and subordinates was not something she ever expected to have happen to her. The need to lash out was fierce, but she kept her cool and turned skeptical eyes to Athena.
“Payne, are you covering for someone?” The insinuation made by O’Reilly that she was missing information was not lost on her. Her instincts might have been right after all when she was completely blown away by Payne’s confession.
Backed into a corner, Athena didn’t know what to do or say. If she lied again now, and was found out later it would come back on her worse. But if she told the truth, she’d be throwing Dick under the bus. At a loss, she glared hard at Dick, willing him to come forward on his own. He of course, stared back defiantly, refusing to budge. Left with no choice, she did the only thing she could.
“Yes. But don’t ask me who. We all have to work together as a team, you’ve told us that from the beginning. If we can’t rely on each other to have each other’s backs outside of the OR, how are we ever going to learn to work together to save lives in the OR?” Her question was met with silence while Faye stared at her, considering her words. Finally, she sighed.
“Fine. But all of you will be present while I explain this situation to the family. If I have to suffer through it, so do you.”
Sabine fell back into step with Athena as they headed to speak to the family. “Oh, my fucking God, Thene!” she hissed. “He came to your rescue, he spoke up in front of everyone for you! He so wants in your panties. He wants those panties off you bad. Dude, he wants you to never be wearing panties when he’s around!”
“Shhh, shut up! Enough about my panties. And he wasn’t defending me, he was helping. Helping avoid a scene,” she finished lamely, clueless on what to say. The truth was, she had no idea why Cian interjected the way he did. For the past several weeks, since that night she’d run into him on his way to the OR, she’d done her best to avoid him. Something about him that night was different; he was different. She could see it in his eyes. The feral way he’d bared his teeth and snapped at her had sent terror skidding down her spine and she barely restrained herself from sprinting at a dead run away from him. But as much as she was scared, she was also intrigued. There was a
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