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“I see.“, said the doc.
“Well, I must agree with your assessment. You know how to work a needle and a thread?“, he asked after a while.
“yeah, sure“, I said.
Together we did an x–ray, put the foxes leg into a cast and I stitched his wound. After an hour and a half the fox was happily asleep in a cage and I the doc decided to treat me with a cup of tea. I happily agreed, because I didn’t really want to leave and I was a bit tired after this little adventure.
“So, what’s your name?“, he asked me after I changed my shirt to another white one with a husky print on the stomach (yes, I love dog printed t–shirts) and we settled in a small kitchen he had in his office.
“Emily, sir.“, I answered politely. I honestly liked the doc. He was harsh, but I could see kindness in his eyes.
“Nice yo meet you, Emily. I’m doc Evans.“, he said and extended his hand for a shake which I gladly accepted.
“The pleasure is mine, sir.“, I said.
“So, are you here for a while or just passing by?”
“Just passing by”
“Too bad.”
His last phrase made me look at him in surprise.
“Why is that, sir?“, I asked.
“Please, no sir’s, call me doc.“, he smiled. “And because I would really use some help here. Youngsters aren’t very interested in patching the little guys up, and I’m not getting younger.‘
“Oh…“, a peaceful silence settled in between us while we sipped our tea.
“I guess I could stay for a while, if you can really give me a job…“, I said quietly after a while.
“Really?“, he said with a huge smile.
“Yeah, but…“, well, this is going to be hard. I’ll have to convince him, because I’m pretty sure, he won’t hire me with my baggage….
“Yes?“, he asked curiously.
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“There’s this thing… Two things, actually…“, my face became red as a tomato, but not out of
shame, but out of desperation. Oh, how great would it be to get a job as a vet…
“Spill it, girl, I don’t have years“, he said patting my hand with yet another smile.
“Well… I don’t have my degree yet. I got in my accident right after I passed my finals, but didn’t have time and the energy to deal with all the paperwork… And since I’m now pretty far from my university, I have no Idea how to finalize everything…“, I blurted out and dropped my eyes to the ground. That’s it, he will not give me the job now…
“Nonsense, we’ll figure out something. There’s a university in the next town, I’m sure we can get a transcript of your records and finalize everything here in no time!“, he just brushed off all my worries concerning this issue and I was more than surprised. Was he that desperate to get help? How lucky am I?
“Wow, thanks…“, I said in awe.
“No problem, child. What’s the second thing you’ve got there?“, he asked?
“Uhm…“, I started staring at the floor once again. “This one is kind of personal…” I started.
“I’m, well, uhm…“, god, give me strength just to spill it.
“You’re pregnant, right?“, he said calmly.
I guess my eyes were the size of the tea cup I was holding, because the doc started laughing his huts
out.
“How did you know?“, I asked him in total shock.
“I’m old, but not blind!“, he raised his finger in a mocking manner, that made me smile a bit.
“You are touching your stomach all the time and your gagging from the blood. What vet gags from the smell of the blood?”
“And that doesn’t bother you?“, I asked still not believing that this old man is willing to give me a job despite my obstacles.
“Child, as I said, I could use all the help I can get around here. I could definitely use you, if you could handle an injured fox and make a bunch of youngsters obey you. And honestly, you look like you need some help yourself. And I don’t have any grand children, so maybe you’ll let me spoil yours“, he laughed.
The smile on my face was so wide, that doc started laughing again.
“I guess that’s a yes?“, he raised his brow.
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“That’s definitely a “yes“!“, I said and we shook hands once again.
“Then I’ll see you tomorrow morning 9am sharp!“, said doc and went back to his stern grumpy
ways.
“I’ll be there“, I saluted him in a military style and limped my way to the car. Maybe I could stay
here for a while after all?
