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And
why isn’t ortho here yet? We need traction on that leg, stat,”
Dr. Castillo said as she pulled out yet another shard.
“ Only
two ortho surgeons are on call and they are both working on the
multiple limb…” one of the nurses said before Castillo
looked up and shook her head.
“ Get
one of them in here, now,” she said in an authoritative tone.
The one nurse walked to the phone as the other one wrapped drop off
aprons on the doctors in preparation for the CT. “Alright. Last
shard out. Prep the patient for CT,” Dr. Castillo said as she
packed the last wound. The nurse put an apron on Julie before the
doctors stepped back. It took a few minutes before the doctor cursed
under her breath. “We missed one,” she said as she looked
at a piece of glass deeply embedded inside Julie. It was so near her
liver, it made the thought of removing it almost impossible. “Let’s
have a look at her cranium,” Castillo said as the nurse hovered
the machine to Julie’s head.
“ Good
news,” Dr. Keating said with a smile. “The cut on her
temple is superficial,” she added.
“ Thank
God. Patch that up. I’ll need all the help I can get with this
bugger,” she said as she looked at the work cut out ahead of
her. Five hours later, Julie was in recovery and her father was at
her side thankful that his daughter was okay. But what neither of
them knew was that the damage had been so much more than they could
have ever expected.
Chapter Four
It
had been four months since the wedding and Julie was getting antsy
because it had also been four months since she and Steven decided to
start a family. She had never thought herself as having any problems
that would threaten her dreams of being a mother. She was standing in
the walk in closet of one of the houses she was showing that day and
she didn’t even realize that she had been in there for a long
time until her client Maura knocked on the door. She turned around
and smiled at Maura.
“ I’m
sorry…I…um…I guess I got carried away,”
she said with a smile.
Maura
nodded. “That is quite a beaut, huh?” she said. Julie
raised an eyebrow in confusion. “The Hollywood dressing
mirror,” Maura said pointing to the huge mirror in the closet.
“ Oh
yeah, that. It is…quite fabulous,” Julie said still
having a problem snapping back to reality.
Maura
looked at her and then pushed a stray strand of her hair behind her
ear.
“ That
is what you were looking at, right?” she asked.
Julie
smiled uncomfortably. “Uh sure,” she said as they walked
out of the closet and into the master bedroom.
“ Are
you sure you’re okay?” Maura asked looking at her.
“ I’m
great,” she said with a smile. “So, what do you think of
the house? You like it?” she asked in an attempt to change the
topic. “It is everything you asked for. Four bedrooms, three
bathrooms, master en suite with walk in closets, pool and front yard.
I threw in the swing as a favor,” Julie said smiling as she
looked at Maura who was busy doing something on her phone.
“ I
love it but I cannot make a decision until I get through to Paul,”
she said. She looked up at Julie apologetically. “He was
supposed to be here and I have been trying to text him for the
longest time. None of my texts are going through... I am not sure
what happened,” she added as she looked at her phone screen
again.
Julie
smiled and shrugged. “Well, men huh? Can’t live with
them, can’t live without them.”
Maura
looked at her and rolled her eyes. “Tell me about it. But you
should still be in the bed of roses that is the honeymoon phase,”
she added as she put her phone into her purse.
“ Yeah
I guess I am,” she smiled.
Maura
punched her shoulder playfully. “Good for you. How long has it
been now? A couple of months?” she asked.
Julie
shook her head no. “Actually, it’s been four,” she
said.
“ Oh
I remember those days when I was still in that phase. No kids,
perfect life, quiet