“I know how much of a ***** he was he was my brother after all.”  Ro said grabbing a chart and winked at Susan.  She disappeared into a curtain area and Susan shook her head looking at Abby then at Neela who had rushed to the desk to see Susan’s jaw dropping reaction.

“No.”  Susan said again still in awe or shock.  She thumbed her hand over her shoulder, pointing at the direction that the woman had gone. 

“Yes.”  They said at the same time.  Their heads bobbing up and down in unison like two morbid twins.

“NO!”  Susan said again, waving her hand in front of her, “It can’t be.  It’s a bad dream.  First Carter gets tenure and now I’ve got to deal with a Romano in the ranks?”

“She’s nice.”  Neela offered and Susan made a face she and Robert had gotten along most of the time.  He’d always been nice to her and always stood behind her when she’d needed him.  If he’d been here, she might have gotten tenure instead of Carter.  “Smart too and the nurses have already asked for her to work more shifts.  She starts her own IV’s…”  Neela added with some sarcasm.

“But… but.”  Susan stammered, still trying to set things straight in her mind.

“Breathe Susan.”  Abby offered, going off to check on her patients.  “At least she has a full head of hair and no hook for a hand.”

            Neela broke into a hard laugh and Susan shook her head, looking at the board in some sort of desperation.

ERERERERER

“She’s to quiet.”  Neela offered Abby and Ro were working over night with Neela.  It was dead quiet in the ER that night.  A rare occasion but they relished it.  The last patient had been discharged and they were waiting for a bed in ICU for one of Ray’s patients.  The nurses were playing poker at admittance, and it looked like Sam was winning.  They were using different colored M&M’s for chips. 

“I know.  But what do we do?”  Neela asked her quietly as she rolled her chair over to Abby, Abby shrugged her shoulders she did want to know more about Ro she was an intriguing character.