Collin put his hands in white coat pockets. He had encountered more than twenty young nurses, who happened to "run into" him, all his way. These nurses had scheduled a perfect timing and rushed over to talk to him.
Leon asked, "It's unfair. Doctor Mueller, you are a handsome guy. Why are you single?"
"Why? Are you going to introduce me to someone?" Collin was writing charts.
"No. All young nurses in this hospital have a crush on you. We hope that you'll have a girlfriend soon. Then, girls will be more interested in other handsome guys, like us..."
Collin glanced at Leon, "Handsome guys? Are you?" Then he slapped the charts on Leon's chest, "You need a new pair of glasses."
Leon said with one hand in his chest, "You hurt me."
They walked to the window and watched the rain. People were coming and going. Some were alone, some were accompanied by their children, and some came with their children. Couples shared with one umbrella. They were talking and smiling with their hands holding tight.
Leon said, "It's strange. At my age, I hate to see people being in love. When I want to have a girlfriend, I don't have enough time. When I'm free, I cannot find a girlfriend. It's hard to be a doctor."
"Yes, indeed." Staring at the raindrops on the windowsill, Collin thought about Roxy and the image that she was showering in the bathroom. He was parched.
Leon continued, "I envy you. You are single because you are a demanding guy. I don't have a girlfriend even I'm not as demanding as you are. Girls like to be accompanied nowadays. I'm 24 hours on-call doctor. I'm afraid that I will never find my true love."
To be accompanied?
Collin remembered on the day after he came back from Jaquan and Emma's wedding, Roxy slept on the couch with a cushion in her arms. She stayed up late to write and slept on the couch when she was tired. After getting up, she ordered takeout. She still used an old phone which could not play games or music. Roxy was boring. She was only interested in reading books in the study. She could spend a whole day like that.
The last thing Roxy needed was companionship.
When she opened her eyes and saw Collin, she had no emotional reaction, as if Collin was with her the night before. It seemed that she didn't care about him.
Only God knew how happy Collin was when he came back. He wanted to hold her into his arms tight when he saw her.
Whenever he thought of Roxy, his mood would get better, even on rainy days.
Leon said, looking at the hall, "What's happening over there? Is someone fighting?"
Collin followed him. He saw someone was crying in the middle of the hall. A man grabbed a nurse's arm and shouted. The young nurse was so frightened and began to cry. Some other nurses were trying to calm the man down. It was so noisy that no one knew what was going on.
Leon called security guards. Collin walked over and said, "Let her go. Calm down, please. It has nothing to help to settle the issue if you grab her arm."
The man was fat and strong. He was about 1.8 meters tall and weighed over two hundred kilos. He grabbed the nurse. After hearing Collin's words, he was angry and his lips were trembling, "It doesn't help? You sent an intern to fool me! Look what she has done to me! I'm not a lab rat for practicing."
"There is a guide at the entrance. If you are unhappy with her service, you can complain following the guide. Please don't do this. You are disturbing peace. When security guards come, they will take you to the police station."
"Don't scare me! Do you think I'm afraid?" The fattie looked at Collin fiercely and said, "To complain? You are with her. It doesn't help to complain!"
"What do you want?" Leon came over.
"Let me give her some shots. It's fair. I'll just do what she has done to me. Otherwise, I won't let it go easily."
Collin looked at the nurse who was grabbed by the fatty guy. She was tearful and trembling because of fear. What a poor girl.
"She is so scared. You do that to me. What do you say?" Collin reached out his arm.
Leon thought that it was a great opportunity to be a hero. He also extended his arm, "You can do it to me. Just do whatever you want."
The fatty guy sneered, "Stop it! She hurt me. Why do I give you shots?"
"How can you make it hard for a young girl?" Leon handed a tissue to the nurse and continued, "She's crying. Look at how miserable she is."
The fatty guy was so angry, "Are you guys going to make it hard for me? How can you treat me like that? You just sent an intern nurse to give me an injection. Am I a pushover?"
The fatty guy was getting agitated. Collin tried to comfort him, "Calm down. We didn't mean that. She will be punished if she did anything wrong. It doesn't help if you grab her. Let her go."
Leon saw security guards coming over and they were about to surround the fatty guy. Leon quickly stood in front of the fatty guy, trying to block his view.
The fatty guy had seen security guards coming over. He grabbed the nurse's wrist and ran. The security guards surrounded him. Collin quickly reached out and pulled the fatty guy's hand away slightly, releasing the nurse.
When the fatty guy saw that the nurse had been released, he was angry and rushed over to catch the nurse. Collin stopped him but was knocked into the wall. It was so painful.. When he looked back, the fatty guy was held down by the security guards.