Neil stopped dead in his tracks, cutting his breakfast short, as he heard Murray ask him a relatively important question. "Oh," he said quietly, slowly turning his chair around to face Murray. "Hey, Murray; how's it going?"
"Endzela, answer the question," the head doctor insisted, and Neil's mind started going a few miles per hour. "Where is your nurse? Reception is saying she hasn't come in and that she hasn't called in."
"Um." There were only two options for Neil to choose from: either he told the truth and he got reprimanded for it; or he went on to lie to his head boss in order to protect both him and Cybele. Both options were risky, though the latter was a little bit more so. If Murray ever found out that Neil had lied to him, the younger doctor would get punished all the more for it.
"Well?" Murray insisted, and the frown on his face made it clear he wanted an answer as to why Cybele was missing from the office.
Sighing, Neil rolled his eyes and leaned against his chair. "She's not here because I gave her the day off."
For a split second, he felt like that explanation alone would have been enough; but then Murray's frown got even worse, and Neil understood he wasn't out of the woods yet. "Why?"
"Endzela, answer the question," the head doctor insisted, and Neil's mind started going a few miles per hour. "Where is your nurse? Reception is saying she hasn't come in and that she hasn't called in."
"Um." There were only two options for Neil to choose from: either he told the truth and he got reprimanded for it; or he went on to lie to his head boss in order to protect both him and Cybele. Both options were risky, though the latter was a little bit more so. If Murray ever found out that Neil had lied to him, the younger doctor would get punished all the more for it.
"Well?" Murray insisted, and the frown on his face made it clear he wanted an answer as to why Cybele was missing from the office.
Sighing, Neil rolled his eyes and leaned against his chair. "She's not here because I gave her the day off."
For a split second, he felt like that explanation alone would have been enough; but then Murray's frown got even worse, and Neil understood he wasn't out of the woods yet. "Why?"