Page 103 of Lost
“Of course not,” she scoffs. “That would be very dangerous and we’d be noncompliant with hospital policies. I’m not going to discuss it with you. What are you doing here?”
“Discussing hospital policy. Catch up, ah, Dolores,” I say, glancing at the name on her badge. “Is it hospital policy to schedule doctors to work so much they’re in danger of falling asleep without more than a day off a week? Is it considered normal to have doctors regularly work double shifts so they have no time with their families?”
“There are only two doctors who work a schedule like that in the ER,” she says, rolling her eyes. “One is gay and doesn’t have children, while the other is an uncouth bachelor.”
“Does the hospital know you’re a bigot?” I ask, shaking my head. “A doctor’s sexual orientation is none of your business. Dr. Adrain Royal has a pack who he adores, and they don’t get to see him.”
“It keeps them from committing crimes against God,” she sniffs.
Oh my God. I’m going to fucking kill her.Snarling, I feel my phone buzz. It’s probably one of my pack mates, wondering if I’m alright.‘I’m fine, I’m just trying not to kill a bitch,’ may not be an appropriate answer.
“I very much doubt loving people is a crime,” I growl, my hand grabbing the edge of the door and slamming it shut.
My fingers flick the lock in my anger before I cross my arms in front of me. My blood pressure is so high, I feel as if I’m about to fucking levitate.
“Here’s the deal, Dolores,” I drawl, walking toward her and pulling her chair out. “You’re currently ruining the lives of two people who are important to me. Dr. Tyde Steward has an omega that he’s bonded to. Therefore, by your logic, he can’t continue to work these ridiculous hours.”
“He took a full week off without explaining why,” she complains. “I had to rearrange everything and it was a huge pain! How was I supposed to know there was a legitimate reason?”
“Because, Dolores, Tyde hasn’t missed a day of work in the four years he’s been working here,” I tell her. I should know. I hacked into the system before coming here. “He works when he has a cold, and has been putting up with insufferable hours from you for entirely too long. Why are you giving him such a hard time?”
“He’s rude,” Dolores mutters. “He bumped into me once when he was rushing to see a client, and I ended up wearing my coffee. He didn’t apologize either.”
“He works in the emergency room,” I say slowly. “It’s life or death there. I doubt that he even realized what he did. Tyde gets very into his head, and sometimes he loses sight of social cues and basic niceties. He grows on you.”
“I don’t want fungus growing on me,” she says, her thick finger wagging at me. Ugh, I’m going to have to lose my temper and do something really mean. I can already tell. “Am I keeping you from fucking him? Is this what this is about? He’s a doctor, and this is his job. Eventually, sleep becomes meaningless and he won’t need it anymore.”
“Like when he runs himself off the road because he falls asleep behind the wheel?” I ask. “My sister is his omega, andthey have a very new relationship. Hospitals understand these dynamics. You’re simply being obtuse and obstinate.”
“Those are very cute big ticket words. Have you been reading the thesaurus?” Delores snorts.
Sighing, I turn her chair to face her desk, grab her hair and slam it down on the surface of it. Her scream is perfect and delicious, and I smirk at how high pitched it is.
Pulling out my phone, I call Kane in a video call, making sure that his screen isn’t showing his face.
“Who are you torturing, and can I help?” he answers.
Bending over so he can see her better, I hold tightly to her hair so she can’t move, her nose bleeding but not broken. Honesty, there will be more bruising than anything else. Her glasses aren’t even broken.
“This is the hospital scheduler, and she’s been terrorizing two people who are important to me. Dr. Royal has been working impossible hours, while Dr. Tyde Stewart doesn’t have any time to spend with Nova because he’s been working twelve hour shifts.”
“Why are you such a cunt?” Kane asks. “Do you need an attitude adjustment? I have a pipe I would be happy to introduce to your cunt, Dolores.”
Kane wouldn’t ever do that, but he definitely makes me shiver with fear with his words. His crazy is fun when I have to intimidate people into acting right.
“Is that the issue?” I ask. “You haven’t gotten laid in so long that you need to play God with people’s lives? That’s what you’re doing, Dolores.”
“No,” she says, beginning to cry. “Fags are against the Lord’s will! Dr. Royal is the only one who is out of the closet. I have to keep him from blasphemy somehow.”
“You think that it’s a crime against nature for me to love a man?”Kane growls. “Can I please make her scream, Hollis?It’s been too long since I’ve played with a bigot. I also have a recording of her saying that about Dr. Royal. I’ll send you that clip so you can get her fired.”
“You’re an angel,” I breathe, my hand moving to Dolores’ neck to dig into her pressure point. She tries weakly to fight me off, but I step in front of her and climb into her lap so I’m straddling her thighs. “See, Dolores, homophobia is the crime against humanity I have a really hard time looking the other way about.”
“Morris!” Kane yells.“Hollis is wrapping us a gift. Can we go get it?”
My lips curl into a scary smile as Dolores’ eyes begin to close.
“A gift you say?”Morris asks, his voice low and inquisitive.
