"I ah, have an appointment," Lucas stammered, looking anywhere but at me. I can't understand why he'd be ashamed to be here; everyone comes to see a doctor.
I scanned the date book, searching for his name in the list of the two doctors, but did not find it.
"You're not on the list, are you sure your appointment was today?"
"Yes, 11 am, with Daniel," He almost whispers. I look back at the book, and there his name is, sitting in Daniel's column, the last place I would have thought to look.
"Yep, got it," I say to him, ticking it off, but he doesn't move away from the desk. There's no one waiting, so he's not holding anyone else up.
"I didn't know you worked here, if I'd known I wouldn't have..." his voice trails off as he looks around awkwardly, the last thing Lucas would want anyone t
