I feel I have enough information from both parties to decide a fair and proper outcome.” Thursday night, Elijah and Charity barely slept. They lay on his bed staring up at the ceiling and talking. The hospital’s attorney was confident everything would be dismissed. Her father had suggested the day before that if the judge allowed the hearing to go to trial, the hospital might be better off settling to avoid more bad publicity. Their attorney refused saying they had done nothing wrong. It was natural for nurses, patients and other employees to talk. If a good-looking doctor happened to be on staff and they chose to talk about him, it might be considered sexual harassment against them. Elijah had every right to take them, along with Laura, to court then. Elijah joked about that with Charity. “The odd patient has made a comment to me while pretty drugged up but I never heard staff make comments about me.” “I have.”
