Chapter 171 - Chief (1/2)
”Hi, I'm here for my appointment with the chief,” Emily greeted a nurse sitting behind the desk.
The nurse took a brief glance at her, before passing a clipboard whilst training her sight back on the computer monitor. ”Please sign your name, and scheduled appointment.”
”Okay, thank you.” Emily accepted the clipboard, signing her name on it, pausing when she reached the scheduled time. She wasn't given an exact time to come in but was told to just head into the department any time of the day after her mother set the appointment for her.
”Excuse me, nurse. I don't know what time my scheduled appointment is,” Emily said and gulped. The nurse just looked up above the rim of her eyeglasses with a seething glare.
”Patient's name,” the nurse flatly asked.
”Emily Tay. T. A. Y.”
”I can't see you in our system, must be a last-minute request. Let me go in and ask the chief's assistant.” The nurse jerked her thumb on the door to the left where a plaque bearing the name Dylan Chu - Chief Oncologist was hanging.
The nurse stood up, taking a sip of her ice-cold coffee as she headed into the room. After a minute, she stepped out with a nurse that shouldn't be a nurse with how flawless her skin was.
”Hi, Ms. Emily, sorry for the hold-up,” the nurse with the pin Jade Hao apologized, slightly bowing in Emily's direction.
As if polarized, Jade's eyes darted to the waiting area where she saw Olivia and Ava. ”Oh, hello, Mrs. Lin. Ms. Lin.” She bowed.
She heard of Olivia's hospitalization yesterday and did a quick internet search on the exiled heiress that was why it was easy for her to spot the latter.
Ava and Olivia smiled in response to the greeting. ”We're together with her,” Olivia informed the nurse.
”Okay. If you can wait here, and fill-up the forms first, I'll call you up next. Chief's attending to a patient so there's a little bit of a wait.”
”No problem. We'll be right here,” Emily smiled at Jade, her eyes dilating in awe at how silky smooth white the nurse's skin was. ”Are you sure you're a nurse? You can be a model.”
Smiling meekly, the nurse said her thanks before taking her leave.
Meanwhile, Emily found an empty seat beside Ava. They were facing the department's main double doors and could easily see who came in and out of the room.
”I think she's dating the chief. Who wouldn't date someone as beautiful as her?” she whispered, elbowing Ava who was uneasy on the inside after seeing children with masks on and attached to an oxygen tank being wheeled in and out of the department. ”Ava? Are you okay?”
”Nothing. I was thinking about Finn.” Ava shifted in her seat and chose to fix her gaze on the tall windows instead to distract her.
After a while, Jade Hao came back with the papers that needed Emily's information. She went over with Emily on the important questions that needed special attention as it was essential to come up with her diagnosis.
”Just bring it with you inside later.” Jade excused herself yet again, rushing inside the office when her walkie-talkie beeped.
Soon, the nurse in the reception area called Emily's name after a patient and her company stepped out of the room.
Jade ushered them inside the office that had another office inside it. She held the door for the three ladies and stayed behind the now-closed door.
Once the gal pals were inside, Ava busied herself reading in her app, while Olivia checked her emails, glancing up from time to time at Emily who was pacing inside the chief's office, biting her nail.
”Emily Tay?” A lanky man checked if he got the right girl as he saw her after stepping out of the loo, wiping his hands with a paper towel. He then went over to his desk, pumping a blob of sanitizer on his hand.