Page 24 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

“Do you want me to do what you do?” she asked. Everyone had their own routine.

“Nope,” he said. “Do what you were trained and if something is missing or not, I’ll let you know. After this, you can do that for me today and then bop in for the patients I’ve got too. Tomorrow, if no one has an issue, I’ll let you do a few procedures.”

“Really?” she asked.

“Yep, might as well have you dive in. I’m not one for treating people with kid gloves.”

“Thanks for that,” she said. “I appreciate it.”

They moved into Emma’s room. “Hi, Troy. This is Dr. Jansen. She’s a new dentist in the practice. Today is her first day. Feel free to schedule anything with her if you need to.”

“I’m open to anyone,” Troy said. Coy moved over and did his exam, joked with his patient, asked about the guy’s granddaughter, and then moved on.

“Do you know everyone?” she asked.

“Most know me or like to tell me how they know me,” he said quietly. “You’ll remember people.”

“I’ve got a good memory,” she said.

The next room was Abby’s. “Hi, Tricia. This is Dr. Jansen,” Coy said.

“Oh, I heard you had a new dentist,” Tricia said. “Now maybe it won’t take so long to get in.”

Coy laughed. “That is the plan. I’m thrilled you’ve stuck it out with us for this long.”

“I wouldn’t go anywhere else,” Tricia said. She was in her thirties and being friendly more than flirting. At least she thought so since there were wedding rings on her finger too.

“It’s nice to meet you,” Angel said. “I’m just going to look over your chart quickly before I look in your mouth. Any issues or concerns today, Abby?”

“Nope,” Abby said. “Everything looks great. Tricia does a good job on her teeth.”

“Good to know,” she said. “Are you having any concerns that you’d like to address today?”

“Nope,” Tricia said. “No pain or anything.”

“That’s great,” she said. “Can you open wide?” She looked in Tricia’s mouth, saw it was nice and clean, no issues. “Can you stick your tongue out?” She put the gauze under Tricia’s tongue, flipped side to side to look underneath it and then threw the gauze out. “Everything looks great. Keep up the good work.”

“Thanks,” Tricia said.

They left the exam and went back to Coy’s office. She wasn’t sure why and was waiting to see if she did something wrong.

“That was good,” he said. “Nice and friendly, but I expected that much. You’ve always been so outgoing and nice. The patients are going to love it. The same with asking Abby first if there was anything and checking the records.”

“You did the same thing,” she said. She would have done it regardless of Coy doing it first. It was the right thing to do.

“True,” he said. “But I’ve had people in here before that ignore my staff and look at the records and barely make eye contact with them.”

“I’d never do that. You need them as much as they need you.”

“Exactly,” he said. “I think we are going to make a great team.”

“Me too,” she said softly.

“You’re on your own with the patients after their cleanings today unless someone wants to see me or you see an issue.”

“Really?” she asked.

“Yep. I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to not be sweating my ass off running from patient to patient today.”

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