-That's right," I said, smiling. -What else do you want me to say? Surely my words are going to be repeated just as the other applicants repeated them, to the point that you already know them by heart. Therefore, I see no point in saying that I chose nursing because it is a noble profession, because I like to help others, or even because it will secure my finances. When I say "it fascinates me", I think it covers all these areas, except for the last one, since that is too banal and it is known that this profession is not so well remunerated for what you work for. However, many times the smile of a patient or a family member is the best payment there can be.-Then we won't pay you if we hire you," the doctor told me, and I smiled.-I don't care if I don't get paid," I told her, and her eyes almost popped out of their sockets. -I just want to practice nursing, and I don't care about the money.I shut the doctor up and once the interview was over, I left. If they don't hire me, it doesn'

-Stop wagging your tails like dogs at this doctor and get to work. You have a lot of things to do. I remind you that we are in an intensive care ward, not in a gossipy old lady's neighborhood.The resources went to work, and I looked at Dr. Castelo for the last time with eyes that warned him not to mess with me, because he was going to regret it. I continued to make my notes on the files that corresponded to me. When it was time to leave, I grabbed my things and left, but the boss stopped me.-You surprised me earlier, Lucia," he said smiling, "I never thought you had so much authority in you and so much character to make Castelo tremble. You always showed yourself to be an extremely sweet nurse.-I had not needed to bring up that side, but today I had no choice. Dr. Castelo, along with the resources there who look like puppets of this so-called ICU manager, exasperated me.-Well, at least I won't have to worry about you," he said. You have character, and Dr. Fernandez has your back.