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The phone onup “This is Dr Wright”

“This is Dr Wright” Suzie pitched her voice low and rown up?”

“That’s because I arown up, Suzie What’s up?”

“Just checking on…things”

“Things?” She wanted to kno things were going with me and Zola “That depends on what you’ve heard”

“Nothing,” she sighed, that one word heavy with disappointely you and Zola seeossip train but I know you, and I’ to know Zola, and I don’t believe it for one second”

“Or,” I shot back with a heavy eht you would be on maternity leave and now you’re in search of drama anywhere you can find it”

“Oh please, I don’t have tiiven recent developation to check in on you, the head of cardio, and my cardio fellow”

“Things are fine We’ve ”

“Good” Suzie’s relief was palpable and it s she needed to handle while on maternity leave “Have you seen the interview in Medical News of Toent and ives a special thanks to JRMC for helping to develop her skills”

I blinked so fastabout, Suzie?”

She growled into the phone “Nothing I guess things haven’t changed quite as much as you want me to believe Nice, Drew Really nice” The call ended abruptly and I stared at the blinking screen until it went black

Interview? What intervieas she talking about? I punched my subscription ID into the system and pulled up Medical News of Tomorrow It wasn’t a peer reviewed reat platforhs So what in the hell was Zola doing giving an interview?

The rier I beca out there like a rogue agent, pro of procedures she hadn’t yet tested? “Damn stubborn woman”

I shoved away frorabbed my personal tablet and went in search of Zola I found Melanie Gibbons first, and she was as good as any search and rescue team “Hey Mel, have you seen Zola?”

Melanie nodded knowingly “Finally ready to bury the hatchet? Good I love good gossip as h to make me want to intervene”

“No, I’ cardiac felloas too smart and too sexy “Have you seen her?”