Ghosted

Chapter 20 POV Amelia

POV Amelia

I was at work and I had finally finished surgery. Although I was tired because I had worked through the night I didn’t want to go home because I knew Richard was in an awful mood with me. Before I left for work my house was in silence and I shouted out to him that I was leaving and I felt like someone was pushing me towards the door. He obviously didn’t want me there so I left but I couldn’t help but feel hurt that he had practically pushed me to leave. I couldn’t face going home so I stayed at the hospital for as long as I could. I was speaking to one of the nurses when she said that a hot guy had been brought in and that he had been badly beat up. She said he was only wearing his boxers and that he had an amazing body. She said all of the staff had been drooling over him and his friend was with him. I was more interested to see if the poor guy was ok and she looked at me like I was a spoil sport for interrupting her fun. She said his hand was in a bad way as well as other injuries and that one of the student doctors had been sent in to stitch him up. Although I wasn’t interested in meeting some hot guy I was concerned because this student doctor was probably the worst I’d ever seen. “I better go and give him a hand” I said and she smiled “I wish I could give him a bed bath” she said and I couldn’t help but giggle. I walked along the corridor towards the ward when another nurse stoped me “have you seen the hot guy in his boxers yet?” I shook my head and laughed “Amelia he’s gorgeous and he has the most amazing muscles, and a huge lion tattoo..it’s so hot” “A lion tattoo?” I asked and she bit her lip and dramatically rolled her eyes. “He’s in there with his friend and he’s absolutely gorgeous too. The guy that’s hurt asked if you work here. I think you’re in with chance with him” I knew immediately that it was Charlie or Mark and I could feel my heart pounding out of my chest but I couldn’t let her know that I was upset. “What happened to him?” I asked “Someone broke into his house and attacked him, he looks like he fought back because his hand is pretty messed up. I heard him tell his friend that however it was that attacked him thought that he was dead and left” I could feel the blood drain from my face “are you ok Amelia?” But I had to put on my game face. “I’m fine, I better go in and help that i***t look at the poor guys hand” I walked into the ward and there was a bed at the end and it had the curtain pulled around. I took a deep breath before I went in because the idea of seeing poor Mark laying in there hurt made me want to cry. I pulled back the curtain and Mark was standing with his hands in pockets and his eyes were full of worry and Charlie was sitting up in bed with his face badly bruised as well as his neck. “Amelia I’m glad your here, I asked one of the nurses if you worked at this hospital I couldn’t believe my luck that you’d be here.” His face was a mess but he was smiling at me like it was no big deal. He had told me before that he thought that something kept drawing us back to each other but being attacked and ending up in hospital wasn’t exactly a good omen for a relationship. I just smiled back at him and then I looked at Mark and he was staring at me like it was my fault that Charlie was badly injured. He didn’t look happy that I was there and I suppose I couldn’t blame him. I looked at the student doctor and he was happier to see me than Mark and Charlie “hello Amelia” he said with a goofy smile and I knew I had to put him in his place. I didn’t mind being thought of as a b***h by other doctors and surgeons because it was dog eat dog. My only concern was that the patients trusted me and that they knew that I truly cared about them. I was friends with most of the nurses and I respected each and every person that worked there but every now and then I had to put other people down to get their respect and this was one of those times. I stepped towards the student doctor and he suddenly looked terrified “what did you call me?” I stared him down until he corrected himself “I’m sorry, I meant to say hello Dr Thompson” he said with a silly grin “I didn’t train for six years for you to call me Amelia you little s**t, get out of here” I said and he ran out without another word. I was glad he was gone because I didn’t want him there when I spoke to Charlie and Mark. The last thing I wanted was for the whole hospital to know I had been sleeping with two best friends. I opened the curtain to see if anyone else could hear us and one of the nurses that had told me about the hot guy in his boxers was standing and she was obviously trying to eavesdrop. She was startled that I had caught her and her face was bright red. She looked at Charlie’s huge muscles and said “fancy a coffee Amelia?” She was talking to me and drooling over him and I couldn’t help but laugh because she was old enough to be his mum. “Make it a tea will you Helen” I said and as she left she smiled at Mark and when I seen him smile back at her my insides turned with jealousy. I though that she had probably been one of the women he had slept with from the app. Then I had to remind myself that Helen was a lovely woman and that she was a grandmother and my friend and I was being irrational. When I seen her leave the ward I turned to them both. It was still awkward for me to speak to them at the same time but they didn’t seem to care. And why should they? Charlie had obviously been through a traumatic experience and Mark looked worried sick for his friend. This stupid love triangle was the last thing on both of their minds. I went over to Charlie and I couldn’t help but hug him. I didn’t want to hurt him because he was covered in bruises so I was gentle. His face was in a state but he tried to give me another smile and it hurt my heart to see him that way. “are you ok you poor thing? What happened to you?” I asked and I could tell he was in shock. His hands were trembling and I wanted to hold him in my arms until he felt better. “Someone broke into my house” he said and I felt awful for him but he was lucky to be alive because Richard hadn’t been that lucky when some bastard had broke into our home. I looked at Charlies chart and it said that he had several broken bones in his hand and needed stitches but other than that it was all superficial injuries “well according to this your going to be ok, you are very lucky. I’m so glad you’re ok. Let me do your stitches that student doctor would take over an hour and it will only take me two minutes” I sat down on the stool and rolled it over to him. “Only if you don’t mind. I would really Appreciate it” he said and I could see that he was in a lot of pain. “of course I don’t mind, but don’t be a big baby like the last time I did your stitches” I said with a smile and he shook his head “I thought I was incredibly cool that day and anyway I wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t for Mark being so clumsy” I put on some gloves and I tried to examine his hand and he gasped “it hurts like mad” he said “it will be absolutely fine just try to relax” said Mark and I liked how he was there for his best friend but he wasn’t being very friendly to me. All of the equipment was out already so I got to work on his stitches and I realised that Mark hadn’t spoke a word to me. I cleaned Charlies wound and they were both just staring at me and I didn’t know what else to say. The student doctor came back in with my tea “where can I put this for you Dr Thompson?” He asked and I didn’t look at him because I was concentrating on Charlie’s hand but I could hear his breathing change and I had seen this student doctor faint at least 5 times since he started at the hospital. “if your going to faint sit down” I said and before he had the chance to sit down he hit the floor and my tea was everywhere. I looked at Charlie and Mark and we all laughed. “I knew that was going to happen” I said as I took off my gloves and went over to him. He started to come around and I got him up on his feet. “You need to ask yourself if this is the right career for you. There’s no point putting yourself through all of this if you’re not happy. Go and have a break and I’ll cover for you” he said thank you and went to the staff room and I sat back down to finish Charlie’s stitches “what made you decide to be a doctor?” Asked Mark and it was the first thing he had said to me and in typical Mark fashion it was a question. “always with the questions, you’re so nosy, that’s why you’re good at your job” I said and he laughed. I thought back to our first night together and how he had asked me loads of questions and figured out I was a doctor and how impressed I was. “I decided to be a doctor because before my mum died I used to be at the hospital all the time. I spent most of my childhood in hospital waiting rooms.” He was quiet for a moment and I realised that I had never told him about losing my mum when I was young. “that’s your stitches all done, they are going to itch like hell but the scar will be fine” I said and Charlie looked relieved that it was over “thanks Amelia” he said with a sigh “I told you it would be fine, it’s just a bit of turbulence” he gave me a huge smile and I have to admit I had missed him. Mark looked pissed off. “How long have you been working in this hospital?” Asked Charlie and I had forgot that I had met him in my old place of work. “I’ve been here for a while now. It has better equipment, it’s just better all round” Mark put his head to one side “where do you get your dark hair from?” He asked and I knew he loved questioning me but this was strange considering that his best friend had just been attacked and could have been killed. “why?” Asked Charlie. “I was just wondering” he snapped and I wondered if he was in shock too because he wasn’t making sense. “I need to speak to you about what happened here today” he said and he was talking to me like he was on duty “what about?” I asked because I was confused, this had nothing to do with me. “About the fact that someone broke into Charlie’s house and tried to strangle him to death” I looked at Charlie and he looked uncomfortable “Do you think it was the same person that killed Richard?” I could feel a lump in my throat. “I’m not sure, but I’m going to find this piece of s**t that tried to kill Charlie if it’s the last thing I do” I turned my attention back to Charlie “can you remember anything about this person Charlie?” I asked and he rubbed his head with one hand as I bandaged up the other hand. “Just that he was wearing a face cover, he was really tall and I can remember that he had really blue eyes. They were so blue, I had never seen eyes like that before. I looked at Mark and I knew that he had questioned Robert about Dr Logans death but there was no way it was him that had attacked Charlie because he was such a good man. “are you sure? you had just met Robert that day maybe your mind is playing tricks on you. I hear that a lot here with patients that are in shock.” He looked at Mark and then back to me “what? Why? Does Robert have blue eyes? He was wearing sunglasses when I met him” Marks jaw was clenched and I knew he was suspicious of Robert but he was wrong. Although Richard used to tell me that Robert wasn’t as perfect as I thought he was but I always thought that it was like a sibling rivalry and that he hated us being close friends but if Mark was right then it meant that I had been friends with my husbands killer all this time. But there was no way anybody is so cruel to kill their own family and what would have been his motive? None of this made any sense. The three of us were in silence when my beeper went off “I need to go there’s an emergency, Charlie I will come and see you later” I said and as I walked away I promised myself that I wasn’t going to ghost him again and that I did want to see them because I needed to know how all of this was connected because there was no way that this was a coincidence.