rm to steady her. '

e black dots. 'I'm fin

b, like she had a dead tree

mask with her right hand and walked towards the

, Dr Haw

made a sound since she entered the op

expression a mix o

ce but to follow Ca

ad as she watched

dents, in her mind, only one o

way, Abby braced herself for a dre

ac

lie's right hand connected solidly with A

he slap reverberated

r hand flying to

he stared at Callie, disbelief written all o

at couldn't be extinguished. 'Did you not listen t

mustered a feeble defence.

to you.' Ca

stake! But that doesn't give you the right to hit me

ent,' Callie

this hospital!' Abby seethed. 'What do you

nds out you almost killed a patient?'

nd a reply to th

me because you are jealous! You picked on me becaus

rrowed, her pati

rector's daughter or my ex-boyfriend's new squeeze or the queen of the universe. You deserved that slap,

her, a familiar figure emerg

ack-to-back surgeries, ap

n Callie and Abby, sensin

?' he asked, his voi

as he noticed the red mark on Abby'

own her face, nodded pi

llie, his eyes fil

ould resort to violence. 'Ca

ou ask her w

t Abby, who av

ng. 'Even if she did something w

d from the exhausting surgeries and the b

n Simon away from her, but because Abby's irrespon

o Abbey's defence without ev

n who had been with her for three years

r. And I'd have done a lot w

ent?' Simo

omfort your precious girlfriend. Just make sure sh

could see the tears

seemed more concerned about Abby's face tha

nder: what about the three

colleague but also as a boyfriend, believing th

e her opinion of him as a man, she nev

a compet

that he didn't have

ision, making everything

art throbbed with pain as if

ead down, not wanting anyone to

man at the corner, her face taking the bru

ash onto the ground, a pair of strong arms

forting embrace, feeling a warmth in her e

mumbled, 'Um, sor

red into a pair of de

' Elias's lips

to her here; a pleasant surprise

ars, her gaze fixated on Elias,

with recognition and