Chapter 6 - The Strange Patient (1/2)

Halia quickly took a photo of the roster so she could ask the head nurse about it later.

Just as she put her phone away, the door opened and a man stood in the doorway. It was the same man from earlier; the one that she ran into.

”Hi, Dr. Yan, right?” Halia smiled, trying to act casual.

The man looked at her curiously and nodded his head.

”What are you doing in here?” he asked.

”Oh, sorry, I was looking for the linen room and stumbled into here. I was just about to leave.”

The doctor looked at her with doubt, but he moved aside to let her out.

”You're new here, aren't you? I don't think I've seen you before.”

”Yes, Dr. Yan, my name's Halia. I'm a new ER nurse.”

”You can call me, Isaac. If you're lost again or need some help, you can always ask me,” the man offered.

Halia quickly nodded her head and stepped out of the room.

”The linen room's next door,” Isaac pointed.

Halia looked at the direction he was pointing and pretended like she had no idea the linen room was there. ”Oh, thank you,” she said with a smile before she turned and scurried away.

Isaac watched Halia walk into the linen room before he smirked and closed the door to the on-call room.

As soon as she stepped into the linen room, Halia pulled out her phone to check that her photo was clear. Fortunately, she had captured everything she needed. ”Isaac Yan,” she muttered as she checked for the name of the young doctor she just met.

”He didn't work yesterday...I guess he's one of the suspects then.”

Halia noted this finding on her phone. She then grabbed some linen and left the room. When she got back to the bed, the sheets had been all removed and Alex had just returned from the laundry room.

”Good job,” she praised. ”Now help me put these fresh sheets on.”

The young nurse nodded his head and quickly got to work. Halia grabbed a pillow to change the pillowcase as she watched the student nurse fold the corners of the bedsheets meticulously. After putting down the pillow, she quickly folded the last corner in the same way she had observed, pretending that she knew how to do it all along.

”So, you're a student nurse, huh?” Halia began to chat with the young man, hoping she could get some information from him.