| �I don�t know, but I sure didn�t like the sound of his voice.� Anne said as they all walked to his office.
They opened the door to his office and saw him sitting at his desk. He looked up and motioned for them to come in. There was a moment�s silence and the nurses fear grew. �It�s been brought to my attention that you four have been locking people in offices. Do you think this is Jr. High?� The nurses were quiet and Hank could see they were sweating bullets, but he continued. �If you�ll excuse me I need to go tell the Chairman we�re ready for him.� He got up and left his office. As soon as the door closed the nurses sighed. �Great, whose stupid Idea was it to lock them in the office?� Anne asked as she looked around. Dawn was going to say something, but before she had a chance the door opened. The man walked in and introduced himself. �Good morning, my name is Josef Quinn. I understand you four have been having some fun. Well, I have only one thing to say to you�.� The nurses stood still and focused all their attention on Josef. They were waiting to hear those dreadful words �You�re fired,� but what they heard instead was �Thank You!! You four have managed to come up with a way that made my daughter Dr. Michaela Quinn and Sully stay in a room long enough so they could talk things out.� As soon as he finished Michaela walked in and began to laugh. �Did you think you were going to get away with locking me in my office so easily?� Chapter 33 The four nurses had been smiling, but when they heard what Michaela said their smile disappeared. Michaela smiled at her father and walked out of the office. �What do you think she�ll do?� Anne looked at the other three with a worried look. �I don�t know� I thought this was it.� They heard Josef begin to laugh and turned to see what was so funny. Josef controlled himself long enough to say. �One thing you should know about Michaela is that you never know when she�s going to hit. She�s a strong force of nature.� �Great. Looks like we�re going to have to stick together and watch our backs.� Canice said as they left the office. They got back to their station and saw a note on their door that read meeting in the break room. They had to sneak into the meeting because it had already begun. �My name is Helene, and I�m here to let you all know that due to some changes you will all have to take a test to see just how much you know about your job. The test will be administered today sometime after lunch.� �A test?� Ashley whispered to the other nurses. �I hate tests.� �So you can all return to your stations and as soon as we�re ready to administer the test we�ll let you know.� All the nurses filed out of the break room, and returned to their stations. For the rest of the morning Michaela avoided the nurses. The nurses were too busy worrying about the test and what Michaela had up her sleeve to concentrate on anything else. Then they heard some of the nurses walk by and say they had already taken the test, and when they heard them say it was an easy test they relaxed. After lunch the four were called into the break room so they could take the test. They were expecting an easy exam, but when they saw that the first question on the exam was �What is the speed of light?� their hearts stopped. They skimmed over the first page and noticed all the questions were like that. They did the best they could and waited for their papers to be picked up. Helene went around collecting the papers and then walked to the door. �Before you leave there�s another speaker you have to listen to.� She opened the door and Michaela and Sully both came in laughing as hard as they could. When they caught their breath they both yelled �GOTCHA!!!!� �Maybe next time you�ll think twice about locking doors and pulling the fire alarm.� Michaela walked to them and in a low voice said, �Thank you so much.� |