Chapter - 74 - Earpiece

Gianna stepped into her office after completing the rounds. She sat on the chair and lightly massaged the area around the wound. Gianna slid her hand quickly inside the pocket as she remembered about the tiny black object. She switched on the table lamp and held the tiny object against the light.

'An earpiece? Why would it be in Alexi's room?' thought as she examined it. She inserted the earpiece into her ear and hoped to hear something. She became excited as she could hear faint sounds of footsteps through the earpiece. She was curious to find out who was on the other side and waited to hear someone talk.

"Having Ellerbrock's grandson as hostage didn't work out as that man tried to attack you. I don't know what your capo has in his mind for the next plan. Should we try to enter the hospital once more?" asked Derrick.

Albert shook his head and said, "Don't suggest this idea to the capo, he would ask the same question he asked me when I switched off the light yesterday in the hospital." Derrick laughed loudly for some time. "Is your head filled with clay?" asked Derrick, imitating Rick. "Oh please your ide-" Albert's conversation ended abruptly. Gianna couldn't hear anything else from the device.

Gianna took out the earpiece and checked it a few times. 'Maybe the battery is down. How do I charge this?' thought Gianna looking at the earpiece. Her phone vibrated on her table, and a text message notification popped up. She opened the text to read. 'What do you want for lunch? I will be in the department room at 2 pm sharp to dress your wound.'

The message was from Dr.Zane. Gianna smiled at the text and replied, 'I will order lunch. You are welcome to join us at 2 pm sharp.' She noticed that it was ten minutes to one and informed Stanley to order lunch for all of them including, Dr.Zane.

'Capo' she repeated the word a few times in her mind, and her eyes went wide as she realized something! 'So the man who attacked Alexi yesterday was one of the Night Devil's men! Are they referring to 'the Night Devil' as 'capo'? The Visconties?! No way! Did I fight with one of them?!' thought Gianna as she paced back and forth in the room.

'Did he see my face? Alice was right! I should have called for help instead of fighting. What if they come in search of me?' Gianna sat on the chair with her head resting on the table. She suddenly sat up and mumbled, "Wait a minute! Didn't the first man mention 'as THAT MAN tried to attack you'? So the other man was the one who fought with me, but why did they mention me as a man?" Gianna thought for a long time but couldn't understand the reason.

Meanwhile, in the Ellerbrock mansion. "Noah, I watched the video over and over again. I still can't accept the fact that Dr.Gianna tackled such a well-trained man! So, how well trained would Dr.Gianna be?" asked Ellerbrock, watching the video obtained from the secret camera installed inside Alexander's room.

To the outside world, Mr.Ellerbrock would look like a man who doesn't care about anyone other than his business, but he would give up everything for his only grandson! "Dr.Gianna does look very well trained. The way she threw herself before Mr.Alexander, without any hesitation, even though she knew she would get hurt, is a matter to be appreciated, Mr.Ellerbrock," said Noah in a sincere tone.

"Appreciate? What nonsense!" scoffed Mr.Ellerbrock. Noah was shocked because he didn't expect such a response from Mr.Ellerbrock. "Tell all the men to pledge loyalty to her as she is one of our family from today!" exclaimed Mr.Ellerbrock. Noah chuckled as expected this kind of response from Mr.Ellerbrock and nodded his head.

Back in the hospital, Gianna kept looking at the earpiece and finally decided to inform Mr.Ellerbrock instead of taking matters into her own hands. She called his number and waited for him to answer. "How are you feeling, Dr.Gianna?" asked Mr.Ellerbrock as he answered the phone. Gianna felt a warm feeling in her heart but immediately recollected herself.

"Good afternoon, Mr.Ellerbrock. I have an urgent matter to discuss with you. Can I meet you in person? You can decide the place." said Gianna in a determined voice. "I will come over to the hospital. Is 4 pm okay with you?" asked Mr.Ellerbrock. "Sure." Gianna hung up the call and thought, 'Isn't he curious about the matter I want to discuss? Why did he agree to my request without asking any questions? He is a strange old man!'

It was already 10 minutes to 2 pm, so she slid the earpiece into her pocket and left for the department room. "I was about to call you, Dr.G!" said Stanley as he waved his phone. Gianna smiled and took a seat as the residents placed the food containers on the table. "Hello, everyone!" Zane proclaimed his presence loudly as he opened the door. Everyone greeted him and asked him to have a seat.

Zane placed the cold drinks in the refrigerator and sat beside Gianna. "Let's have lunch first and then I will re-dress the wound." Gianna nodded and opened the container to have her lunch. They casually talked about many things as they ate their lunch. Alice took out the drinks from the refrigerator and passed them on to others after they finished lunch.

Zane passed two pills from the medical kit to Dr.G. She swallowed the pills without questioning him and rolled her sleeve up. Zane removed the bandage carefully and applied cream after sanitizing the cut, once again.

"Do you know, Dr.Kristen?" asked Zane as he tied the bandage around her arm. The team looked at Zane in confusion. 'Why is he asking about that pretentious woman?' thought Ralph as he sipped his cold drink.