Page 28 of Her Braun
She was the type of person who crawled into bed and listened to loud driving music.
Or if things were really tough, she jogged around her neighborhood.
And that was only in desperation, because Kay Hata didn't do running.
Nope.
Not unless she was really upset.
Someone knocked on the locker room door. "Doctor Hata? Are you in here?"
Putting on her professional face, she looked toward the door. "Yes?"
"May I come in?"
Kay let out a breath. "Sure, come on in."
The door swung open and Jane, one of the administrative secretaries stepped inside.
"Sorry to bother," she made her way forward with a steady clip clop of her heels against the hard locker room floor, "but I have your registration information and travel documents for the conference that you're going to."
Kay stared at her for a moment before her brain clicked in. "Oh! The Admin conference."
Jane nodded. "Yes. Exactly. I made your flight and hotel reservations." Jane held out her hand and Kay took the papers from her.
"Wow," she managed a smile, "so this is really happening then."
Jane looked up at Kay as she shuffled papers around. "Yes. You are actually going to this conference."
The reality of it sank in and Kay felt her spirits lift for the first time in weeks.
Things might have stalled with Gibson, but professionally, things were moving ahead.
She could hold onto that, because that's all she had at the moment.
Jane gave her a business card. "I know you know where to find me but hold onto this."
Kay looked at the card. "Okay."
"My cell number is on the back of the card. You can take that with you when you go to the conference. If you need anything while you're gone, that's the best way to reach me. I have my cell phone on twenty-four seven."
Kay winced a little. "I don't want to abuse you like that."
Jane rolled her eyes. "It's hardly abuse. I get calls at all hours from the department heads, it's part of the job."
Kay didn't like the sound of that. "I'm so sorry."
Jane shrugged her shoulders. “I’m used to it.”
“Well, I’ll only call you in an absolute emergency.”
Jane gave her a wink and a sigh. “I can see we’re going to get along great.”
“Wonderful." Kay felt a surge of hope in her heart. She was about to head back onto the floor when she stopped short. "Oh, is there a list of who I can call to ask to fill my shifts while I'm at the conference?"
Jane pointed at the paperwork in her hands. "I've included the name and bio of the doctor who normally covers for Doctor Ashley when he's gone to the conference in the past."
"Oh?" Kay smiled. "That's perfect. I really like Doctor Parker. She was amazing."
