"Are you okay?"
Inside the nurses' room, one of the nurses glanced at her colleague with concern.
The nurse in question looked up just as the other dragged a chair closer to take her break.
"You haven't looked well since you came in this morning," the second nurse pointed out. "You're pale. If you're sick, you should call in."
The first nurse forced a smile.
"We're already short-staffed," she said, clasping her hands together to stop them from shaking.
Her colleague studied her for a moment before tilting her head.
"Is it because this is your first time handling a patient from the executive unit?" she asked with a faint smile. "That's normal. I was nervous too when I first got assigned to that floor. You know how it is. Those people are very important, and one mistake could ruin our entire career."
The nurse assigned to the executive unit pressed her lips together.
She said nothing.
She only nodded.
