Working in the Front Office

The phone rings. “Can I see a doctor?”

“We’re fully booked three months out, I’m sorry.”

“There’s nothing?”

Anger builds.

“I’m sorry.”

I put her on hold. I search the schedule.

“I’m sorry.”

“What’s your name?”

“Why?”

“I just want to know the name of the last person I talked to in case I die.”

Mandy Hsu
State College, Pennsylvania