What did this mean? What did this mean?

Her head was pounding. A new OT? But why? Thoughts swirled in her head until she felt dizzy. She lifted her head and squared her shoulders trying to force herself to stay logical. Okay they’re allowed to hire a second OT in the clinic. After all they have two speech therapists. No one ever said that it would only be me forever.

But why didn’t they tell me?

She stood up began pacing. Maybe they thought she’d take it the wrong way? Gimme a break. And this I wouldn’t take the wrong way? She shook her head. A mistake. An oversight. That was all.

She took a breath.

Right?

Yael picked up the file of her first client. He was coming in ten minutes. Focus. Plan out your session. Remember you said starting today you would try your hardest give it your all—

Tears suddenly pricked Yael’s eyes. She slammed the folder down on the table. She needed to speak with Suri.

Yael walked down the hall pausing by Suri’s therapy room. The curtain was drawn over the window and she put an ear to the door to hear if Suri was with a client.

“Aviva it’s not right! She’ll be devastated when she finds out!”

Yael’s eyes opened wide and she pressed her ear harder to the door.

“I thought you were going to tell her over the weekend.”

“I tried but I couldn’t reach her. And then I thought I’d head her off this morning but she still hasn’t come to work.”

Aviva snorted. “How responsible.”

Outside Yael’s eyes narrowed as she heard Suri murmur “She must’ve had a reason.”

“Anyway” Aviva continued “I’m sure she’ll understand that we felt it was time to expand.”

“But you and I both know — and she probably does too — that we don’t have the caseload to support two OTs.”

Yael gasped. Her heart was thudding so loudly that she didn’t hear the footsteps until Suri’s next client walked up right behind her. Blushing at how she must look eavesdropping like a little kid she jumped back from the door retreating just as the kid knocked and walked inside.

Blood pounding in her head Yael walked into her own room grabbed her purse and walked rapidly out of the clinic.