The waiting room was still empty and Tom said to Beth, “I’m not working you too hard am I?”
“It’s been crazy like this all day. I haven’t had a chance to catch my breath,” she replied rolling her eyes.
“Yeah right. Would you make an appointment for Kevin for Friday, oh joy of my life? Oh and could you get the medical consent forms and your seal for Terri to sign? Carrie will be in loco parentis while she’s out of the country. Beth is a notary, so we can make this all legal and official.”
“Of course I will, oh pain in my… So what time’s good for you? Friday afternoons in the summer as you can see are pretty quiet. We’d close shop, but Tom does Friday and Saturday on-call service for a Jewish friend and we take our days off midweek.”