Chapter 54 Resignation
Lucky Draw
The moment Ginny stepped into the hospital lobby, the nurses, doctors, and even a few patients who had been standing around watching the commotion scattered as if on cue.
She pretended not to notice. Without a word, she stepped into the elevator and rode it up to her office.
“Dr. Jenkins, you’re back?” Dr. Lovina Kemp’s voice carried across the hallway, sharp and laced with scorn.
“In less than a month, you’ve made the trending news several times because of your messes. I figured anyone with even a shred of shame wouldn’t dare show their face around here
again.”
Dr. Kemp had joined the hospital the same year as Ginny, but the two had never gotten along. Even so, this was the first time Dr. Kemp had come at her this directly.
She assumed Ginny’s fall from grace would have crushed her spirit–that even if she still held herself with pride, she wouldn’t have the fight to lash back.
She was wrong.
“I’m a doctor here,” Ginny replied flatly. “It’s my shift. Coming to work–what’s wrong with that?”
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Her voice was calm, but firm enough to leave Dr. Kemp speechless.
Ginny didn’t bother sparing her another glance. She turned and walked into her office.
The nurses‘ station, which had been bustling moments ago, quieted down. Most of the staff dispersed quickly, pretending they hadn’t been listening.
Kelly slipped in behind her, carrying a mug of water, eyes twinkling.
“Ginny, that was amazing,” she whispered with a grin. “I’ve never seen Dr. Kemp eat her words like that. You totally shut her down–it was beautiful.”
“I just told the truth,” Ginny said, her expression unreadable as she powered on her computer and returned to her tasks.
No matter what people said around her over the next few days, Ginny stayed silent. If it didn’t hurt, she ignored it. If someone insisted on pushing her, she didn’t hold back.
Only Kelly stayed by her side. She defended Ginny, even got into arguments with coworkers because of it, and ended up being ostracized.
But Kelly never once regretted it.
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“Ginny, you’ve always been the kindest to me since I joined this hospital. I’ve never known how to repay you,” she said with a joking tone, “and now that life handed me the chance, how could I not take it? Otherwise, I’d just be all talk.”
Her teasing brought a small warmth to Ginny’s days. Work became a little more bearable.
Until one morning, Ginny was doing rounds when she stumbled upon Dr. Kemp berating Kelly.
“If you’re so eager to defend Dr. Jenkins, then maybe you helped her do what she did, huh?”
On the floor nearby was a tray of spilled food–Kelly’s breakfast, no doubt. She had been on the night shift. There was no way she’d drop it herself.
That left one possibility: Dr. Kemp had knocked it over and expected Kelly to clean it up.
From the way Dr. Kemp spoke, it was clear–Kelly was only being targeted because she dared to support Ginny.
Something ignited in Ginny’s chest.
“Dr. Kemp, what the hell do you think you’re doing?” she called out, swinging open the pantry door. She didn’t step inside. Her voice was loud on purpose, meant to carry.
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People came quickly.
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Dr. Kemp looked rattled at first, but as soon as she realized they had an audience, she straightened, her voice rising with false righteousness.
“Because of you, every doctor and nurse in this hospital has to watch what they say and do outside these walls. I needed to let off some steam. So what? If you’re so upset, then just leave!”
Not a single bystander spoke up for Ginny. In fact, a few turned their eyes toward her, faces darkened by disapproval.
Ginny saw it all clearly.
Without a word, she stepped forward, took Kelly by the arm, and led her out.
“I’m sorry,” she said once they were in the hallway. She handed Kelly some tissues.
Kelly wiped at the grease stains half–heartedly, still trying to smile. “Don’t let it get to you, Ginny. You know how Dr. Kemp is with interns. Even if this hadn’t happened, she’d still be gunning for me.”
That wasn’t true. Dr. Kemp had always been strict, but she
had never gone this far. Ginny knew Kelly was only saying it to
comfort her.
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She could take the abuse herself. She’d long since learned to endure. But when someone else suffered because of her- because they dared to stand by her–that was something she couldn’t stomach.
After walking Kelly back to the office and making sure she was okay, Ginny took the elevator up to the Dean’s office.
She was there to report what had happened.
But after she finished detailing Dr. Kemp’s behavior, the Dean didn’t even flinch. Instead, he said, “If you feel working here is such a burden, you’re welcome to resign.”
Just like that.
The last time something happened, his first reaction had been to suspend her. She had hoped, foolishly, that he might be different
now.
But no–this time, he was clearly hoping to fire her altogether.
Anger surged.
“Have you forgotten you just signed my renewal contract?” Ginny asked, voice tight. “It clearly states that if the hospital terminates it unilaterally, compensation must be paid.”
The Dean leaned back, smug. “I never said anything about terminating your contract. Sounds like you’re unhappy here and
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want to leave. I’m just respecting your wishes. Don’t be so stubborn, Ginny. Learn to read the room.”
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Of course. She knew why he had renewed her contract in the first place.
It was because she had been accepted into Professor Edward’s lab. She was about to go abroad for further research–prestige for the hospital, a living billboard.
That was all she’d ever been to them. A name. A reputation.
And now that the shine had dulled, they couldn’t get rid of her fast enough.
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