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within
the hour.
     
    TRAVIS : So
I talked to the hospital staff and they weren’t too happy about the
situation but I explained that we’d have a doc to escort you back
to the compound and that he’d be on-call
twenty-four-seven.
     
    CAL : Cool.
Thanks for doing that.
     
    TRAVIS :
They only had one request. I guess they’ve got some male nurse
taking care of you?
     
    CAL : Yeah.
Former corpsman. Good guy.
     
    TRAVIS :
Perfect. Can you get him on the phone?
     
    CAL : Yeah,
let me press the call button.
     
    Cal reached over the side of the hospital
bed and pressed the nurse call button. Thirty seconds later Brian
walked into the room.
     
    BRIAN :
What’s up, Cal?
     
    CAL : Hey, I
need you to do me a favor. My cousin’s on the phone and he’s
helping me get out of here. He needs to talk to you about some
request the hospital’s made.
    Brian tilted in head in confusion but nodded and
grabbed the phone.
     
    BRIAN : This
is Brian Ramirez.
    Cal watched as Brian nodded his head and grunted yes
a couple times.
     
    BRIAN :
Yeah, I can take some time off.
    Cal couldn’t hear the conversation but he had a
feeling about what was coming.
     
    BRIAN : Ok.
I’ll see you soon.
    Brian handed the phone back to Cal.
     
    CAL : You
wanna tell me what’s going on, Trav?
     
    TRAVIS :
Brian will fill you in on the details. We’re working to get the
ball rolling and get you out of there today.
     
    CAL :
Awesome. Thanks again.
     
    TRAVIS : No
worries. I’ll see you soon.
     
    Cal replaced the phone on the nightstand and looked
at Brian.
     
    CAL : What
was that all about?
     
    TRAVIS :
Your cousin just hired me for a couple weeks.
     
    CAL : He what?!
     
    BRIAN : I
guess the hospital would only let you out of here if one of their
staff went along with you. Since I’ve been your wet nurse they
figured I was a perfect fit. That way the hospital minimizes its
legal exposure and you get good care. I’ve got some time off I can
take anyway AND your cousin said he’d put me up in that compound
place and pay me double what I make here. Any chicks in the
compound?
     
    CAL (laughing): Only one and you don’t want to mess with
her.
     
    BRIAN : Ok,
then let me get some things together and I’ll pack up your stuff.
Anything you need?
     
    CAL : Any
way I can avoid you being my babysitter?
     
    BRIAN : Not
if you want get out of this hospital. Just suck it up, Marine, and
let me get paid.
    Brian left Cal to his thoughts. Cal figured it
wouldn’t be so bad having Brian around. He still couldn’t walk very
well so having someone he knew pushing him around in a wheelchair
might be ok. Plus, the compound was a big place and he’d have way
more to do than sitting around the hospital. Hell, SSI was
technically HIS company after all.

Chapter 8
Camp Spartan, Arrington,
TN
     
    T he
drive down from the city proved uneventful. Once the physician
hired by Travis, Dr. Rich Hadley, had arrived everything seemed to
move quickly. After some pointed questions to the new doctor, Cal
found out that Dr. Hadley did not have what you would call a
‘normal’ medical practice. After successfully completing his double
residency and fellowship in internal medicine and general surgery,
Dr. Hadley had decided to take a left turn.
    Instead of joining a hospital or private
surgical practice, he became a concierge doctor for the country
music stars in the Nashville area. It was “Music City” after
all.
    He struggled for the first couple years
until he’d met Cal’s cousin Travis. Travis, being the social
butterfly that he was, quickly became friends with outgoing and
adventurous Dr. Hadley. Both were in their late thirties and had
the luck of being endowed with rugged good looks. Both shared of
love of two things: outdoors and women.
    Between the pair they’d cut a wide swath
within the ranks of the southern belles in Nashville.
    Over time, Travis had introduced Dr. Hadley
to his country music friends. In the past five years his private
concierge