When Twilight Comes [On-Going]

5: Double Responsibility

Pagkatapos ko mag lunch dumeretsyo ako sa office ni Director Ruschenberg since pinapatawag niya ako for another oppurtunity. Narating ko ang pinto ng kanyang office at kinatok ito.

"Come in." Rinig ko mula sa loob ng office.

Binuksan ko ang pinto at saka pumasok pagkatapos ay isinara ko rin ito at nagbow kay Director Ruschenberg na nakaupo sa kanyang swivel chair.

"Pinapatawag niyo raw po ako, Director?" Wika ko.

Tumango si Director Ruschenberg at ngumiti, inalok niya ang upuan sa harap ng kanyang desk upang paupuin ako.

Tumango naman ako at umupo. He takes a sip of his coffee beside him then started of what we're going to talk about.

"May nakausap akong isang pasyente." He exhaled the heat of his coffee. "Coleen Hayden?"

Nagulat ako sa sandaling sinabi niya ang pangalan na iyon.

"Kilala niyo po siya?" Tanong ko at tumango siya muli. How did he know her? I just met Coleen today.

"Sinadya niya akong kausapin for a very personal reason." Sabi niya. "She is so willing to get healed at ayaw niya ng ibang doctor she wants the best and top of this hospital."

Tumingin siya sa akin at ngumiti.

"She wants you, Dra. Thompson
She wants you to heal her."

Once again this day, I felt the worry that I don't if I should have. H'wag niyang sabihin na...

"You have a new patient, Dra. Thompson!" Sinabi niya iyon ng may ngiti samantalang ako ay tumaas pa lalo ang pangamba para sa sarili.

Hindi pa ako handa para sa dalawang pasyente o responsibilidad. But I never said 'yes' to Coleen yet at ngayon pasyente ko na siya? There's a lot of information ang kailangan pa. I also need to talk to her parents and kailangan pa namin magpirmahan ng mga files. How could this be?

"I have met her in the hallways, pinilit niya ako na kausapin siya. I can see how she is desperate, Allison. I also talk with her parents on the phone and willing sila magbigay ng tseke or cash para lang mapagaling mo siya. Her parents is a businesswoman and man, they could really pay the bills early."

Natulala ako ng sinabi niya iyon. I feel like malaki ang percentage na maging pasyente ko si Coleen kahit na dineklara na ni Director ang nais niya.

"Imagine, Dra. Thompson makakapagpagaling ka na naman at may malaking pera na dadating. That is a pleasure!" Muli siyang nagsalita. "Get her as your patient, Allison. It would be an honor naman diba?"

You can see him smile. He looks so happy and hoping.

"Ibigay mo lahat ng makakaya mo sa kanya kasi kung hindi wala tayong perang matatanggap."

I remain silent. His looking so avaricious.

"I will leave a room for her at kada segundo you're going to check her kung pwede nga lang dito ka na rin manatili sa ospital just to guard her."

Why also him is looking so desperate na magagawa ko ito with an another responsibility Parang nahihiya na rin akong tumanggi. Kung I'll accept Coleen as my patient paano si Zach? The way na sinabi ni Director na kailangan ko ding manatili sa ospital had really made me feel more worried to both Zach and me. My capability is not that enough to conquer two with such desperations.

"So I'm expecting you, Dra. Thompson to take her as your patient."

Pressure not pleasure. That's what I'm feeling in these seconds. Ano ang dapat kong gawin? Kapag tinanggap ko si Coleen I would have a double responsibility that I never had before.