Emergency Instinct - Chapter 13

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Tension spread and the emergency room atmosphere suddenly changed.

“Two severe motorcycle TA (traffic accident) patients coming in 5 minutes. The perpetrator driver is a man in his 20s with severe head bleeding and unstable vitals. The victim is a 17-year-old high school girl who was crossing at a crosswalk, unconscious with abdominal bleeding and coming in while squeezing blood.”

Kyung-seok immediately stepped forward in the emergency situation and gave instructions.

“Min-su! All the professors went into a meeting. I’ll hold things down here, so you go up directly and report the situation.”

“Yes! Senior!”

“Ji-an! You take the female patient. I’ll take the male patient.”

“Yes! Doctor!”

Ji-an hurriedly put the envelope she was holding into her pocket and instructed the attending nurse.

“Prepare the treatment room and call GS right away. Have the guardians been contacted?”

“The paramedic is trying to contact them, but they’re not answering the phone. The police went to the address, so we should hear back soon.”

“When they’re contacted, get surgical consent over the phone first!”

Ji-an ran out of the emergency room without delay.

Ambulances arrived one after another, and the unconscious male patient was carried in first. Then the ambulance opened, and a blood-stained school uniform was visible first.

The bleeding of the patient Ji-an would handle was in a serious condition even to the naked eye.

“Cardiac arrest!”

The paramedic’s urgent cry came from looking at the monitor.

“I’m holding the ambu bag. I’ll do it!”

Ji-an shouted quickly and started CPR while moving.

The human Hong Ji-an’s mind was still complicated. But doctor Hong Ji-an’s mind was clearer than ever.

Now was the time to save the patient.

***

It happened to be Thursday, when FM (Family Medicine) appointment reservations were at their highest.

Bo-kyung checked the time and dumped her work on a first-year junior before slipping away.

Upon hearing that Tae-jun was coming to the hospital, she called for early morning makeup.

She put on a doctor’s coat over a new dress, deliberately wore glasses and hung a stethoscope around her neck.

With the hospital setting added, she definitely looked much more intellectual than on the day of their blind date.

After checking her appearance in the restroom, Bo-kyung headed to the conference room where the professors were gathered.

Tae-jun would appear soon, making it the perfect place for a natural encounter.

The blind date with Seo Tae-jun a week ago hadn’t gone as planned.

When he suggested changing locations, she thought it would lead to a dinner date. But then he suddenly said something urgent came up and put Bo-kyung in the elevator, sending her off alone.

She was furious at being treated so dismissively for the first time. Still, she pretended to understand everything like a considerate chaebol family matriarch and parted ways promising to meet again.

Her pride was hurt, but she wasn’t worried since Tae-jun’s mother was on her side.

After hearing through her father, who was a director at Hanyeong Electronics, the insider information that he was coming to Hanyeong Hospital as chairman, she became even more anxious.

This was an opportunity given by heaven.

She subtly spread rumors around the hospital and investigated Tae-jun even more thoroughly.

As she’d heard, there were absolutely no women around him.

Like a working machine, he only worked all day even overseas, and even after coming to Korea, it was only work for him.

Even when doing his only hobby of running, he apparently conducted business.

So she changed to the image of a capable doctor.

She had shown enough cuteness and kindness during the blind date, so today she planned to properly imprint a different side of herself on him.

“Ah, why isn’t he coming?”

A photo of Tae-jun with the hospital director in the lobby was already posted in the hospital group chat.

Everyone was going crazy saying he looked like a celebrity.

Seo Tae-jun certainly had good looks.

Wherever they went, standing next to him would never be embarrassing.

She was smiling contentedly while imagining the future.

Finally, the elevator opened and Tae-jun appeared with a group of medical staff.

Among the unremarkable doctors, Tae-jun shone exceptionally brighter.

Bo-kyung approached him with a bright smile.

The hospital director walking beside him saw Bo-kyung and slightly stopped walking.

But as if she were an invisible person, Tae-jun smoothly passed by.

“O-oppa?”

Flustered Bo-kyung called out to him with a trembling voice.

Everyone’s attention was focused, but Tae-jun never stopped walking until the end.

It was complete disregard.

In this absurd situation she’d never experienced before, Bo-kyung trembled with wounded pride. But when she saw a gossipy administrative staff member, she quickly composed her expression and took off her glasses as if amused.

“Ah, oppa really. Pretending not to recognize me because I’m wearing glasses.”

She muttered a pathetic excuse and got on the elevator as if fleeing.

Fuming and unable to contain her anger, Bo-kyung threw her glasses on the floor.

This bastard. So this is how you want to play it?

“Just wait. Seo Tae-jun.”

There had never been anything she wanted but couldn’t have.

“I will definitely marry you and become the matriarch of Hanyeong Group.”

She knew no other way of life.

She was taught to use any means necessary and always get what she wanted, and that’s how she lived.

How did I get this far?

The most coveted thing is right in front of me, I can’t give up.

Bo-kyung ground her teeth menacingly and picked up her phone.

A moment later.

“Mother? It’s me. Bo-kyung…”

Bo-kyung changed her expression and put on a sweet voice.

***

The hospital with night fallen was unusually more desolate.

Ji-an headed home from her late shift with a body heavy as if weighted down.

She passed through the chilly clinic corridor, past the inpatients sitting in the lobby watching television, and exited the hospital building.

She habitually glanced toward the emergency room.

The funeral home attached right next to it caught her eye.

“Haah.”

A heavy sigh flowed from her mouth.

The victim high school girl she barely saved with CPR was still unconscious.

She went up to the operating room, but they said they barely managed to stop the bleeding. The organ damage was severe, so the prognosis was bleak.

On the other hand, the perpetrator motorcycle rider had brain bleeding, but it wasn’t a serious condition.

The high school girl’s grandmother who arrived late turned the emergency room into a sea of tears.

‘Oh my, my baby Min-ji! If you leave too, how will this grandmother live alone! Doctor! Please save our granddaughter! Min-ji!’

The grandmother’s wailing as she called for her granddaughter, saying to take her instead, was still vivid.

Ji-an laid the grandmother who had fainted on an emergency room bed, inserted an IV, and gave her a sedative.

Her heart ached, but there was nothing she could do. All she could do was hold her hand and tell her to stay strong.

It had been an unusually long day.

Ji-an, who had stopped by the nursing home after work, walked toward the dormitory below the hospital.

At least seeing her mother’s face gave her some energy.

Hoping tomorrow would be better than today, she was trudging along the hospital path lit by streetlights.

Beep beep!

A sharp horn sound that stopped her steps was heard.

In the familiar situation, Ji-an’s body stiffened as she gritted her teeth.

She recalled Grandmother, who would appear like a ghost whenever it was time to get off work.

Was this finally the beginning?

Well, considering Grandmother’s personality, she had already endured this for quite a while.

She had expected that she wouldn’t give up easily.

She hadn’t even hoped for deep love like the Girl’s Grandmother had.

If only there was even a small bit of compassion. But it seemed the world wouldn’t allow even that for her.

Today won’t be easy until the very end.

Though bitter, Ji-an steeled her resolve and turned around.

But unexpectedly, it wasn’t Grandmother who had honked the horn.

Smoothly, the passenger door opened and a completely different face appeared.

“You’re late.”

Surprisingly, it was Tae-jun who was gripping the steering wheel.

Though it couldn’t be possible, with his tie loosened, he looked somewhat tired as if he had been waiting for a long time. But his eyes, darker than the night itself, were intense as if they would devour her at any moment.

Ji-an couldn’t say a word as if her lips were stuck together. She just stared at him while hiding her surprised feelings.

“Get in. We have things to talk about.”

Though his voice was deep and gentle, there was no warmth in it.

What on earth did he want to say that made him appear at this hour?

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