“Her lips parted, and the sound of exhaustion filled the small break room. It always amused Lucy that they called it a break room. There were no breaks as an Emergency Room nurse. Drawing in a deep breath, Lucy looked up at the clock on the wall. Her hazy mind tried to wrap around how many hours she had been at work this shift. It was going on forty eight hours. She would be home and snuggled in bed by midnight. Two hours to go. Well, she hoped that would be the case. Lucy closed her eyes tight.... She pinched the bridge of her nose and tried to clear the burn that set into her tired, dry eyes. A light jingle went off at her hip. As she started to pour the fresh coffee into the Styrofoam cup, the tendrils of steam lifted to her nose and alerted her to the sounds and sensations around her. She grabbed at her hip. Pulling the little device free she flashed the screen to function and it was the nurse’s station. That could mean only one thing—an emergency was on the way. Resigned to the fact that she would be in this building for perhaps another twenty-four hours, she headed out and down the hall.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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