My round was pretty quiet today. I paid special attention to this little boy who came in with a chest infection yesterday.  He is so adorable and so cute.  I hope the meds I gave him will clear his fever today.

Tina is waiting for me outside my office and hushes me in quickly. 

“You are acting weird today. What’s wrong?”  I ask knitting my eyebrows.

“I hope you won’t take it the wrong way.  I think Shane is a very very nice girl.  I am sure she treats you well too.”  Tina says hesitantly.

“I am sensing a ‘but’ here.” I look at her expectantly.

“Bette thinks that Shane’s too good to be true.  Remember she told us that they met last year?”

“Yeah.”

“Although Shane’s had an alibi, Bette didn’t trust her.”

“Care to elaborate?”

“She is just too smooth.  There is something about her that Bette couldn’t quite put a finger on.  Just called it her gut feel.”  Tina says seriously.

“Right.”  I say nodding my head, not knowing whether I should be worried that Bette is on to Shane or should feel relief that Bette has no hard evidence on her.  Either way, I have an uneasy feeling about this.

“Don’t worry.  Shane is smooth, but she is not a bad person” I try to defend her.

“How much do you really know about her?” Tina asks worryingly.

“Enough to make my own judgment.”  I know a lot more, just couldn’t tell you Tina.  I am feeling a bit guilty for lying to one of my best friend. 

She wants to say something more but decided against it.

“Thanks for Bette’s and your advices. I will be careful.”  I give her a hug before we leave my office.

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I didn’t get a chance to ask Shane about Bette last time, after our second round of fooling around, we both fell asleep.  She had an early meeting the next morning and left before I woke up.

I checked my phone for messages after my last emergency surgery, the little boy who had a chest infection was not looking good.  His throat swells up and makes it difficult for him to breathe.  We had to have an emergency operation to put a tube into his windpipe to help him breathe.