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CHAPTER THIRTY NINE a change is gonna come. season four, episode one.
"BLAIR, LENNON, PETERSON, XAVIER," A RESIDENT READ NAMES OFF OF A CLIPBOARD, STANDING JUST OUTSIDE THE DOORS TO THE LOCKER ROOM. He did a quick headcount once the four interns arrived in front of him, before pointing to a nurses station down at the end of the hall. "You four will be with Dr. Harper."
A lanky redhead spoke up, awkwardly raising a hand in the air as he asked his question. "Um, which one is Dr. Harper, exactly?"
The resident didn't bother looking up from his clipboard when he said, "The hot one."
The group furrowed their brows at the answer, once again looking to where the resident had pointed. Sure enough, in a sea of nurses and doctors, stood Cassie, writing in a chart with her head turned in the opposite direction.
"Damn," a tall Chinese man whistled under his breath, looking her up and down from afar. "I'd love to tap that."
An pretty Nepali girl scoffed at the comment, dramatically rolling her eyes in the process. "Men are pigs," she whispered to the blonde of the group, who vehemently nodded in agreement.
The group of four made their way to their resident, stopping directly behind her in silence and waiting for her to notice their presence. They'd stood there for about thirty seconds, before Cassie suddenly whipped around to face them, making them jump.
She narrowed her eyes, causing them to nervously gulp under the harsh scrutiny.
In the order of left to right, she pointed to each of them as she said their names. "Ryan Xavier, Rue Lennon, Lily Blair, Ollie Peterson."
The redhead, Ollie, tilted his head at her in surprise. "How, um, how did you already memorize—"
"Did I ask you to speak?" Cassie interrupted, stoney eyes meeting his own. He went to respond, but she cut him off once again. "Rhetorical question."
The interns shared an anxious look, slightly frightened by their new resident.
"Right," he apologized, "sorry."
Cassie crossed her arms over her chest, smirking confidently as she began her speech.
"I have five rules," she said. "Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up. Kissing my ass may be great for my ego, but it won't get you surgeries. You need to earn them."
She pushed off from the desk, starting at a quick pace down the hall. She stopped at a neatly arranged desk, filled with multiple objects and packets of information.
