Chapter 5 - Dr. Yan (1/2)
Halia looked at herself in the mirror. Her long silky black hair was now tied into a bun, with the random strand of red wire hidden in the middle, and she was wearing a light aqua shirt and pants. She had a little retractable ID card, which she clipped to her pants and on her feet were a pair of white shoes.
”Not bad,” she whispered to herself.
She looked surprisingly good in the uniform.
After changing the combination on her locker and closing it, Halia stepped out of the room into the hospital corridor. Her heart began to race. It was nerve-racking to act as a nurse when she had absolutely no idea what she was doing. Perhaps, this was how actors felt when they stepped onto a stage.
Luckily, she spotted the head nurse not too far away, so she began to walk quickly towards her, hoping she'd give her something easy to do. After all, the head nurse was the only person in the hospital, apart from the hospital director, that knew she was working undercover.
But, just as she stepped out of the corridor into the open ER ward, she collided with someone. Halia lost her footing and felt herself fall backward. ”Oh no!” she thought as she swung her arms around helplessly.
As she closed her eyes, expecting the worst, she felt a pair of warm arms wrap around her waist and she was pulled forward. Her body pressed against something firm; it was a man's chest. She was so close she could hear his heartbeat and she could feel his warm breaths on the top of her head.
Halia pulled away from the body and looked up to find a handsome young man smiling at her. The dimples on his cheeks were mesmerizing and the look in his eyes were ever so gentle.
”Are you OK?” he asked.
Halia quickly snapped out of her daze and nodded her head. She then stood up straight and apologized, ”Sorry for running into you.”
The man chuckled as he moved his arms back to his sides.
Halia smiled and stretched out her hand to introduce herself, but someone suddenly called the man's name, ”Dr. Yan, over here!”
Dr. Yan bowed apologetically and quickly ran off. Halia couldn't blame him. After all, they were in the emergency department; there was no time for small talk.
She took a quick glance at the man. The scent of his aftershave still lingered in her nose and it made her blush a little. Halia took a deep breath and gathered her composure before she continued walking over to the head nurse.
”You see that bed over there? The patient has just been moved into a ward, so we need to change the sheets. Alex will help you, he's a student nurse from the university,” the head nurse said as soon as she saw Halia. ”I'll give you a proper induction later, it's crazy in here at the moment. Don't accept any tasks from anyone except me.”
Halia glanced over at the bloody sheets on the other side of the ward and cringed a little, but she quickly got into character.
”Alex, pull those sheets off and take them to the laundry room, I'll fetch the clean sheets,” Halia quickly ordered the young man around.