Page 53 of Blaze

Of everything he could have used, he chose something that is sharp at the bottom of the tube with a small cap…

Dr. Love blinks, then clears his throat and says, “We’ll get a workup done before booking an MRI to see exactly where the cap is before we decide our options to remove it, but uh, just sit tight, I mean, hang in there.”

Mr. Hughes nods, and I give him a reassuring smile, trying not to laugh at Dr. Love fumbling his words. Before I walk out of the room and head over to the break area biting my lip. My humor disappears quickly when I see Belle with her bag in hand, signing off, and I narrow my eyes.

“You off, Belle?” Dr. Love asks, and Belle grins.

“Yeah, thank you for rearranging my double,” she replies, and I lock my jaw, knowing this is the eighth double she’s had rearranged. I try not to react as I turn to Dr. Love and state, “My shift is now over, so I’ll see you in three days.”

Dr. Love frowns and says, “Blair, you’re down for the next shift,” and I chuckle and then say, “No, I’m not, I’m now off.”

His face hardens, and he snaps, “You are taking Belle’s shift, I wrote you down for it a few hours ago!”

“Without consulting me to see if I could even do it?” I ask calmly, and he growls, “I am your attending, what I say goes.”

“And I am now off, so maybe Belle should put her bag back and get to work instead of having the attending swap her double yet again!” I snap back, losing my patience, and Belle gasps, pissing me off.

“Nurse Belle has just done a shift, so you will continue,” Dr. Love orders more firmly, and I narrow my eyes at the overbearing prick.

Don’t hit him, do not hit him!

“And I’ve just done a double that I wasn’t even on to begin with, with your insistence. I am now over the hours I am supposed to do,” I remind him, and his jaw ticks, knowing he can’t argue with that, otherwise he’ll be investigated. Belle crosses her arms over her chest, ready to fight against me not taking her shift.

The longer Crash stays away, the bitchier she’s becoming.

“Is there a problem here?” I hear Trick ask, and I tilt my head when Belle comments, “No, Blair here just doesn’t want to do her job and is arguing with an attending. Maybe we need to get HR involved because you've just had time off and are now trying to get out of doing your job.”

Bitch, bitch, bitch!

“Sure, then Dr. Love here can explain why you can’t do your double that you were down to do. The eighth double you’ve had swapped. Yet, somehow, the nurse who's just done a double, which she wasn’t originally down for to begin is required to stay,” I retort, “A nurse who is twelve weeks pregnant and has been put down for part time hours, I would like to add.”

Dr. Love slowly closes his eyes, seeing he’s just messed up, while Trick crosses his arms over his chest, and Belle frowns my way.

“You’re not pregnant,” she accuses, and I smirk at how sure she is that she thinks I’m lying so I don’t do her shift.

“Actually, she very well is, I’m the one who did her work up after she was attacked, the reason why she had time off work,” Trick snaps, “Also Dr. Love,” he looks at the pale doctor, “I’m sure you can explain to her husband, you know Blaze, my club’s road captain, as to why his pregnant wife is being forced to do a triple shift that is against our hospital policies and why the nurse who was down for the double gets to leave half way through her shift yet again…”

“Shit,” Dr. Love mutters as Belle gasps.

“Can I also add that he changed my shifts only a few hours ago and didn’t even consult me on the change. He just expected me to know I had to stay,” I state causing the man to wince and I turn to Trick and I demand, “I am no longer going to be on his service or the hospital can get a new nurse, he’s taking his authority too far and honestly, he makes me feel uncomfortable with the amount of times he stares at my breasts!”

Dr. Love chokes on his own spit, and Trick nods, seeing I’m at breaking point.

I’ve been here for twenty-four hours, only an hour of sleep in between shifts, and I was just nearly forced to do yet another shift, all because Belle didn’t want to do her double.

Just because she’s been in a relationship with a brother since high school doesn’t give her the authority to do what she wants when she wants to.

“Trick, surely you can’t be taking her side!” Belle snaps, and Trick glares her way, reminding her coldly, “She is an old lady, a pregnant one at that and is married to an officer brother. She is family, and I will always take her side.”

Belle flinches before she chokes, “I’m with Crash...”

“Who has barely been in contact with anyone since leaving after coming to have a conversation with you,” Trick states and Belle flinches again as Dr. Love slowly slinks back, but Trick ignores her reaction and the jackass and looks at me and confirms, “You meeting Blaze at the strip club for the meeting?”

Crap. I groan, completely forgetting about it, making him laugh, and I sigh, “I just need to go home, take a shower, then I’ll meet you there.”

“Are you safe to drive?” Trick asks, concerned, “Maybe I should leave my bike here and drive your car?”

I give him a slight smile before kissing his cheek. I confirm, “I’ll be fine, I’ll see you in an hour,” before I glare at Dr. Love, who rightfully looks away in shame, grabbing our patient's paperwork for an MRI. I curl my lip at Belle, who glares my way.