A Little Excerpt

Spring 2022

“How’s your girlfriend, Shanti, doing? I thought she had talked about going back to nursing school soon,” Rhody Bacaluso-Leyman asked his friend, Kevin Maggliardi, over the phone.
“She’s doing well, and yes she went back to nursing school after taking a couple semesters off due to Covid. Before that, her classes were online, but she also got super busy with work,” Kevin replied.
“It will be nice for her to go back since I know she is super interested in becoming a nurse.”
“Yeah, it’s really cute how passionate she is about nursing.”
“Is she still friends with India and the other girls that she met during clinicals?” Rhody asked.
“Most definitely. She is still friends with them but hasn’t always had a chance to chat with them since a lot of them travelled a lot during the pandemic to work contracts. Do you still talk to India?” Kevin asked.
“Yes, we do. She is that girl with the dirty blonde hair that I have had a huge crush on. She and Shanti are basically the same person.”
“You dated India for a while, right?”
“We dated seriously for a year. It was hard since I live in Brooklyn, and she lives closer to you guys. But yes, we’re still pretty good friends. She had a contract in Brooklyn a few months ago, and she actually stayed with me for that time.”
“Yeah, Shanti has known them before nursing school. India and then were the ones who really encouraged her to pursue a degree in nursing.”