... The atmosphere was chilly and given that cool smell of harmattan in early September. Life was at its peak that moment. If only Marcus knew he was in for trouble again this morning with his boss, he wouldn't have sat down with eyes closed enjoying the weather.
' and what the hell is all this?"
The loud voice jerked Marcus up from his REM sleep . He stood up hurriedly, shakily " Good morning sir "
" like you have no iota of self responsibility and discipline to be sleeping early this morning" He took a deep breath " on a Monday?" He shouted back.
Marcus knew that at this point, keeping quiet is the best option. He kept on looking down, counting his toes cos he dare not look up to see boss. He kept on thinking how can someone be this arrogant, perfectionist and yet handsome. Bad people shouldn't be this good looking.
" get the Mercedes ready"
Marcus ran hurriedly to the car as he opened the door for him to enter. He quickly took a quick glance through the Rear View Mirror to see his boss "Smith" who was dressed in a black suit , holding on to his white coat and a stethoscope on his neck at the back seat.
"Go- od mor-ning sir" Marcus greeted shakily
"Nothing is good about the morning and you know that, we are already late, so drive faster" Smith replied back not looking at him.
"Really?, Late?, Morning duty literally start 8am and this is just 4:30am and even if they start the journey by 6am ,they will still meet up with time, too much perfection so as not to be late" Marcus kept thinking about this while driving. As much as his salary keep getting paid as due, he can definitely continue with this egoistical attitude from his boss.
There was silence throughout the journey to the hospital. No music. No conversation. Everyone maintaining their lane. One could even hear a needle sound if it gets dropped.
An hour later.
" We are here already, sir" Marcus announced with an heavy breath as a means of breaking the silence.
"Hmmm" Smith mumbled. He came out of the car with his suitcase, facing the hospital. He was about to start moving before....
"Have a nice shift sir" Marcus called after him and he instantly regretted making that statement.
Smith nodded and left.