DOCTOR STRANGE

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The waiter gave me my drink and here to her. We both took our drinks at the same time. She saw my hand next to her so she turned her head to look at me.

"Nice choice", she said and walked away.

I was confused about whether she was being sarcastic. But whatever, I went back to ms. Johnson asked if Mr. Reddy came or not. She told me that he isn't here still.

"Ms. Johnson, do you know who she is?" I asked ms. Johnson pointing at the girl I met earlier in the bar who was standing not too far away from where we were.

"Yes, I know her. She is the daughter of our hospital's CEO. I don't remember her name though, but I've seen her at the hospital many times." She told me.

We chatted some more when Mr. Reddy arrived at the party. Everyone clapped for him. He came on stage and greeted everyone.

"Hello everyone, I know you all are a very busy person so I won't take much time. You are all here to enjoy this party not to listen to my lecture." Everyone laughed when he said that. "I am happy to be a guest here. Sorry for being late. There is something it likes to share. My assistant told me about this party a few days back. He also told me to make a speech. But I didn't have the time to do so.

Today I met a young man, I saw my younger self in him. He said that he wanted to be like me. He reminded me of the dreams that I had when I was his age. The dream I forgot. But today I again feel energized to go and follow it." He said that and went off stage. Everyone clapped for him.

I was almost ten already. So I have to go back to the hospital. I came out of the hotel in my car. But in my car, I again saw the girl. She was wearing a trench coat and was talking on the phone. She looked sad. I didn't say anything to her and just went off to the hospital.

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I went back to the hospital after changing my clothes first. It was around half-past ten when I reached there. I have a full night duty today so that I can take a tomorrow off. Resident doctors barely have anytime off. Ms. Johnson is going to meet his son tomorrow so she has a full night duty today too.

She is the head nurse of the hospital so she had so much work to do more than many doctors itself. Every doctor of our hospital wants Ms. Johnson as their assistant during the surgery. She understands the style of every surgeon. She knows what they need when they are operating. I've learned a lot from her. She is kind in nature and I can ask her anything.

"Ms. Johnson, is there any new trauma patient in the hospital right now?" I asked her.

"No doctor Salvador, we don't have any emergency patients for now. But we can't say for sure if there will be any patient today or not." She told me.

"Okay, I'll be right back then," I said to her and went to the vending machine to get myself some coffee so I won't be sleepy since I have to be awake today.

I got myself a can of black coffee. I need caffeine to keep myself awake. I was sitting on a bench while sipping my coffee when my phone dinged with a message notification. I pulled my phone out of my pocket to see who texted me. I saw the message was from my best friend from back home Marc Jacobs.

"Buddy I heard from your sister that you are visiting tomorrow. How about we meet up for tomorrow? It has been really long. And I will be going to New Jersey after two days. I've got a job there so we won't be meeting for a long time. Text me back when you read this." To be honest I wanted to meet all my friends too. It has been so long since I could even talk to them. Being a doctor really costs so much time. So I quickly texted him back.