Todos los capítulos de Checkout From Hell: Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 9

I glanced at her name tag."Sharon, the system froze after you scanned my e-wallet code. I never touched the register."She leaned against the counter. "You said it yourself. It froze after scanning your code. That makes you the problem. Why else would it work for everyone but you?"I couldn't believe it, but a few customers nodded."I shop here all the time, and this has never happened. It has to be her phone.""Exactly. I've lived around here for five years, and the system's always worked fine."My face burned, but I didn't have time for this.I lifted one leg over the gate when Owen called again."Dr. Andersen, we stopped the adults' bleeding, but we can't control the child's.""Start a transfusion and monitor his vitals. I'm on my way."I pocketed my phone and swung my other leg over the gate.When I looked up, two men blocked my path."Elliot. Luke. You're here." Sharon Jarman greeted them like old friends.She dragged Elliot, the technician, over and pointed at me. "

If he could vouch for me, there was still time to save them.I rose onto my tiptoes."Dr. Webster! I'm over here!"Howard made his way to the checkout."Hang on to your ID. Replacing it is a pain." He smiled.I cut him off."Dr. Webster, I have a critical patient waiting for surgery."They won't let me leave, and they don't believe I'm a doctor. Please tell them who I am so I can get to the hospital."Howard's face turned serious. "Surgery isn't something you delay.""So she really is a doctor?" the middle-aged woman whispered."I've seen that older doctor before. He's legit," someone else said.Luke hesitated and eased a step away from the exit.Sharon cut in."Old man, if you vouch for her, you're taking the blame. If anything goes wrong, you're the first person I'm coming after."Howard faltered.He frowned at me. "You're in Dentistry?"Sharon burst out laughing. "Dentistry? I thought you said... what was it? Thoracic something?"So you're a dentist. Waiting a day w

"Thief! You professionals are all the same!"Sharon snatched up the phone and lunged across the nurses' station, grabbing for a nurse's collar.The nurse recoiled, barely dodging her nails."Who are you?"I froze."Jack Cheney... is he your son?"Sharon spotted me. Her eyes went wide."That's right! So you're the one who told her to steal his phone?"Another nurse rushed over."Ma'am, you're finally here. Your son and husband were in a car accident. They came in around three this afternoon."She stepped between us."Dr. Andersen saved your husband. But your son..." She swallowed. "He lost too much blood. We did everything we could."The nurse had barely reached toward her when Sharon snapped.She grabbed the nurse by the hair."Shut up! Did she tell you to make all this up?"She shot me a vicious glare, then turned back to the nurse in her grip."My son is meant for great things! Nothing was supposed to happen to him!"The other nurses and I rushed in, but Sharon would

The second she finished, Harry's eyes went wide.Then he swung at her.They went at each other.While everyone was distracted, Owen and I hauled Robert back onto the bed and rushed him to the resuscitation room.Only after we were clear did security break up the fight.By the time it was over, the sun was up.I got home, dropped onto the couch, and passed out.When I woke up, my phone was packed with missed calls and messages.I opened the message from my department head, Dr. Johnston.[Avril, stay home for now. Wait for further notice.]I'd been suspended.I kept scrolling. Other than Owen's calls, I didn't recognize any of the numbers.The second I opened my chat app, my phone buzzed."Dr. Andersen, someone filed a complaint against you." Owen lowered his voice. "Sharon brought a whole group to the hospital today and caused a scene."She claimed you were flirting at the supermarket and delayed the surgery on purpose."I recorded it. Watch."I frowned at the familiar f

Sharon was now a fugitive.Norridge Hospital was dragged back into the spotlight.From the day I posted the truth to the day I turned in my resignation, the hospital never contacted me.That afternoon, I met Harry near the hospital."Dr. Andersen, my wife and Robert had nothing going on."Dark circles shadowed his eyes. His voice was strained and exhausted."This is all Sharon's fault. She raised me and was always good to me. But after I met Wendy, she started suspecting everything. She always assumed the worst."I looked at him and waited.Finally, Harry looked up."Dr. Andersen, can you clear Wendy's name? Sharon twisted everything and made it sound like Wendy was trying to steal Robert. If Wendy wakes up and sees all that, she won't be able to handle it."He grabbed my hand."Please. You have to save her."I met his bloodshot eyes and gently pulled away."Harry, the hospital is monitoring Wendy around the clock. Don't worry. The doctors and I will do everything we can.