Chapter - 8 - Psychopath

She looked at her team and ordered, "Victor and Ralph, examine the men at your left. Alice, go prepare two operating rooms and call in anesthesiologists." Pointing at the two men near her legs she added, "Stanley, help these two men on the floor to the bed and go get ready for the surgery." After giving orders she turned to leave the room only to notice Zane was still on the floor staring at her blankly. She looked directly into his eyes for a few seconds, remembering how he jumped to protect her without hesitation a few moments ago and asked Zane sternly "Do you have so much time in your hands that you can lie leisurely in the emergency room, Dr.Zane?"

He was utterly shocked by her question because he thought she would show him gratitude or appreciation for what he did instead all he faced was humiliation. "Are you okay?", he asked her as he stood up from the floor, only to notice that Gianna was nowhere to be seen . 'She left? Just like that? Doesn't she want to know whether I am okay or not? Isn't that a normal human reaction? How cruel can she be? Or is this what Ralph mentioned as ignorance is? Or is she a PSYCHOPATH?! No no she can never be a psychopath. Hahaha. I really hope she isn't.' He chuckled at his thoughts and didn't want to linger on it anymore so, he left to examine the patients.

The neurosurgery team and Dr.Zane were so busy with surgeries and examining the patients that they forgot to ask others what really happened in the emergency room before they arrived. Ralph was assisting Dr.G in operating room 1 and Victor and Stanley were in operating room 2. The patient in room 1 was probably hit with a blunt object many times in the head which led to skull fracture and bleeding in the brain. His spinal area between neck and upper back was also mildly injured. There was mild bleeding in his liver region which was caused by stabbing and was temporarily stopped. Ralph let out a deep sigh after seeing his CT scan and thought 'This guy is really lucky that he is under the care of Dr.Gianna or who knows what would happen to his life. Well, Dr.Jason is also skilled but he is not on par with the 'Goddess of Magic'.'

Dr. Jason on the other hand was operating on a motorbike accident patient whose inner region of skull was accumulated with cerebrospinal fluid creating pressure on the tissues in operating room 3. In operating room 2, Dr.Victor was operating on the patient who had small blood clots at three different positions which were located outside the brain with Dr.Stanley's assistance. In the operating room of the ER, Dr.Zane was operating on one of the men from the gang with stab wounds on both liver and stomach region. While he was still cleaning the bleeding spot in the liver region, the operating room received a call from the neurosurgery operating room informing about a patient to be operated on later. The nurse informed Dr.Zane about the call from neurosurgery and he knew this is a God given chance to stay around Gianna.

Zane told the nurse to contact them back because he wanted to know the condition of the patient in detail. The call connected and the nurse informed that Dr.Zane has requested to talk with the surgeon directly. The nurse on the other end informed Dr.G about it. Gianna was irritated by Dr.Zane's childish behaviour shown during the surgery. She jotted down in her mind to give him a good lesson in the near future.

Dr.G didn't have any time to waste on a phone call so she didn't let him speak a word and went directly to the point, "The patient has a stab wound in the liver region. The wound's depth is slightly less than 3 cm and I have stopped the bleeding temporarily. It will take another 2 hours for me to finish the surgery, so, drop by then in operating room 1 in the neurosurgery department." She hung up the call before Zane could respond. Zane was baffled with her attitude and couldn't resist being close with her.

Zane finished his surgery in one and half hours and headed to the observation cabin of operating room 1 of the neurosurgery department. As he entered, he could see Gianna operating on the patient in the enlarged screen. Her eyes were divine like the sunset over the ocean which sets one's heart at complete ease, her delicate but graceful hands which are magical and her unwavering passion which inspires many people around her. His own success is all thanks to Dr.G. He didn't know how long he stood there admiring her until his thoughts were interrupted by a voice mentioning his name, "Inform Dr.Zane to come over for the surgery." said Dr.G. To everyone's surprise a deep voice was heard from the speakers in the operating room informing, "I am already here", Zane spoke through the mic in the observation cabin.

Everyone in the room turned towards the cabin and found a well built man in his blue scrub dress. Zane smiled looking straight into Gianna's eyes and in return only received a nod from her. 'Is an appreciative smile more to ask from her? Can't she see I reached before the time? This woman is too hard to convince,' thought Zane. Without wasting any more time, he scrubbed in to complete the surgery. He finished the stitching within an hour and exited the operating room. The nurses gave him a bright smile when he exited from the operation room because they were both impressed by his skills and looks.

Soon he was standing in front of Gianna's office hesitating to knock because it was already three in the morning but he gave in and knocked softly at the door. "Come in" came a soft reply from the room and Zane was happy that she was awake. He pushed open the door to see Gianna sitting on her chair in her casual wear, hair tied into a ponytail and looking at the monitor with serious expression. As Gianna didn't hear anyone speaking after the door was opened, she turned to look at the person who entered her office. She knitted her brow on seeing Dr.Zane standing at the door with his hands on the handlebar staring at her. 'What does he want now?' thought Gianna.