Part 3

Now most guys would've been thinking of a way to get Nurse Jenkins' caramel body spread eagle on their bed. I was thinking it too, but I was also thinking of a way to knock her down a few pegs. I was getting ready to begin my verbal tirade when...
"DADDY!!!"
Kiara jumped out of the orange plastic that sat next to Nurse Jenkins' desk and made a bee line for me. She wrapped her frame around my leg and squeezed until my quad became numb.
"You don't seem all that sick to me. What happened to the stomach ache that got me here in the first place?"
Kiara looked up at me with an "Oh shit he's got me" look in her eyes.
"Just seeing you made me feel better again Daddy. See what the power of love can do?"
I had to chuckle at my six going on 60-year-old daughter. I told you she was her father's daughter didn't I?
"Excuse me Mr. Hodges, but there are some forms you have to fill out before I can let Kiara leave the building."
Clearly Nurse Jenkins had had her fill of mine and Kiara's witty banter.
"Forgive me for being rude. It's rare when I get to have such intellectual conversation with another person." I burned a hole in her cornea while I said this. "Some people don't know how to speak at such an advanced level."
She didn't blink or hesitate to shoot a snide comment back at me.
"So sad that your idea of a person with advanced conversation skills is a six-year-old."
Did she just say that?? Does she know what she's just done to herself?? I calmly unlatched Kiara from my leg. I would need all my blood circulating before I destroyed this woman.
"Stinka-Bear go sit outside so I can fill out these forms for Nurse Jenkins."
"Daddy do I have to," she looked up at me with her huge hazel eyes. Normally that would make me melt. Normally.
"You want to go to class or do you want to go home?"
She saw my eyes flash and heard the thunderclap that my voice had transformed into.
"Yes sir," she said as she let gravity take over her head and let it drop. She walked out of the office with her Dora The Explorer sneakers sliding across the floor.
"And what did I say about sliding your feet? If you gonna do that do it barefoot and not in no tennis shoes I spent $55 on!"
The thunderclap voice was in full effect now. I could still hear the echo it made. From the corner of my eye I even saw Nurse Jenkins wince.
"Yes sir," she whispered as she promptly walked out of the office and gently closed the door. She knew slamming it would push me over the top. Now I was too angry to verbally attack this hack of a nurse. I was taught to "kill 'em with kindness". Now Nurse Jenkins would have the upper hand. The minute Kiara closed the door me and the caramel-colored nurse made eye contact. I felt the hair raise on the back of my neck. I saw her body start to tense up.
"First of all, where do you get off talking to me in that tone of voice? Do you have any conversation skills or did you skip that class at Vallejo Community College?"
For most of my arguments that would've been a first-round knockout, but for Nurse Jenkins must've been the norm because she came back with a quick jab.
"You would stoop to insulting someone else's education. Did you have a tough time in school? Awwwww. Let me guess, you were one of those kids who just sat in the back and didn't try weren't you?"
I could see this was going to get ugly.