NEGLIGENCE
Jade sat in the medical ward, her gaze oscillating between the graze on her arm and the serene picture of a bird hanging on the wall.
The humming of fluorescent lights filled the silence as she fixed her eyes on the door, anticipation brewing within her.
The door swung open to reveal a young doctor, blonde and in his twenties, who approached her with an air of professionalism.
“I’ll take a look at your wound, ma’am,” he said, extending a tray that gleamed with medical supplies. But Jade’s voice cut through the air, sharp and unyielding.
“I didn’t ask for you,” she retorted, her eyes narrowing.
“What?” The young doctor hesitated, confusion flickering across his face.
“I asked for Doctor Grant, not you. So where the hell is he?” Jade’s anger simmered just below the surfac
