Nathan stopped in the middle of the road. He couldn’t do this. Not today. Today, he needed a break. He wanted to sleep in.
He walked to the sideway and took out his phone. A moment later, he was dialing the hospital and the staff in charge of the reimbursement of nurses.
“This is Nathan King,” he said into the phone. “Something impromptu happened so I won’t be able to come to the hospital today. Can you mark my absence?”
He waited on the call while the person on the other end listened in and asked questions needed to justify his absence from work. Here he was, in the middle of the road and halfway to his office, canceling plans.
“I’m suffering emotional distress as an effect of the last patient I had,” Nathan admitted. “The hospital allows at least 2 medical check ups in a month, and
