Kiss and Cry — Part 1 (Chapter 2)
By Meadow Murphy



Chapter (2)



(The News)



Adam puts his four way flashers on and pulls into the Emergency entrance next to the ambulance bay. A very hot looking volunteer our age or slightly older meets us there and helps me get into the wheelchair he’s pushing.



Once I settle in and perch my purse on my lap, Adam reaches for the wheelchair handles to push me into the hospital. The volunteer stops him telling him to park his car, or they will ticket him for leaving it there. Adam relinquishes the handles of the wheelchair and heads back to his car. The volunteer navigates me to the triage desk.



Adam returns to the Emergency department after parking his car. There’s only one other person in line waiting to speak to the triage nurse, but the waiting room is full. We are definitely going to be here a long time.



A potbellied nurse with curly blond hair and pudgy red lips says, “Name and health card please.”



“Dalia Middleton.” I grab the health card from my wallet and hand it to her.



“The reason for your visit today?”



“I hurt my leg while I was skating this morning.”



“Right or left?”



“Right.”



“On a scale of 1–10, what would you rate the pain? Ten being the most painful thing you’ve ever felt.”



“Nine,” I admit.



She looks unimpressed as she wraps a cuff around my arm and places an oximeter onto my finger. She takes a temperature reading as well,



“Your heart rate is up, do you feel pain right now?”



Yes, I do.”



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