Ch 9

Carmen’s POV

Hospital

“I love Shane.”  Dana tells me as we are walking along the corridor.

“You want to take her from me?”  I laugh.  

“You know what I meant!” Dana pretends to be shocked.

“She can be quite charming.”  I shake my head knowingly.

“You know the Vertu phone that she gave you?  I checked it out on the internet, guess how much it costs?” She says excitedly like she just discovered America.

“How much?  A thousand?”  I really don’t have a clue about all these things, the phone is just a necessity for me, not a luxury.  How expensive can it be?

“A thousand?  You are kidding me?”  Dana looks horrid.

“Are you going to tell me?”

“Over $60,000, girl!!”

“60?”  If I was drinking my coffee, I would have spilled them out straight away.

“Come again?” I take the phone out of my pocket.

“60!  You really don’t have a clue…Let me educate our nerdy Chief of Residents.” She shakes her head and grabs the phone before continue, “This model is called ‘Signature Diamond’; this is a real 0.25 carat diamond and the case is made with 18 carat gold, platinum and titanium.”

“Right.  I thought that was crystal?!  She has an exact same one.”  I say cluelessly.

“If you don’t want this one, give it to me!”  She demands like a kid.  If the interns see us like this, we will definitely lose our credibility.

“No way!” I smile and grab my phone back from her.

“I am your best friend!  This is how you treat me!”  She pouts cutely.

“Sorry, I am not your girlfriend!”  I dismiss her emotional blackmail.  She is funny like that sometimes. 

We reached the end of the corridor and parted our ways to do our rounds. 

Tina catches up with me afterwards, “I need to have a word with you.” 

”OK, let’s get a cup of coffee after my round?”  I suggest.

“Sure.  See you later.” Tina disappears to the other end of the corridor.

I have a sneaky suspicion that it’s about Shane, given that they all met her last night.