chapter 17

                                1"Sir, the actual culprit is someone else. She might have executed it but the plan was someone else's. And, there was no need to fire her. Just the apology would have been fine", said Zaini feeling guilty."What is your problem? Do you want us to call the police and play this police and culprit game for cheap pranks that kids play in their schools or colleges? I am sorry Miss Zaini, we don't have free time for such kinds of things. You came to me and I did whatever I could do. I fired her after getting an apology. Now, go to your department and focus on learning what you have come here", said the Principal in a harsh voice. Zaini got up from the chair and came out of the office. As she was walking towards her department feeling guilty and disappointed, the boy who talked to her met her."Are you happy now?" asked he.Zaini looked at his name tag. "Dr. Cha Kang, do I look happy to you?" said Zaini with a stern look.He smirked and said, "How does it matter now. Because of you, a poor girl has lost her precious job.""I didn't know that she would be fired.""Miss Zaini, things are exclated to the higher authorities when the lower ones don't listen to you or doesn't meet your expectations but you directly went to the Principal before reaching out other seniors, teachers or HOD of your department. It was obvious, the punishment would be higher from a higher authority. It was your first day and you behaved as you was being bullied for months. It was a cheap prank played by your classmates. I was there to help you. I scolded them. I asked them to apologise  to you but you ran away to your hostel and then you filed a compalint. What did you expect? Is it a school? It is a prestigious college/hospital of the country. When a foreign student files a complaint against something, a strict action is taken. You have earned an image of arrogant, egoistic and stupid person who have no heart for others. I hope people will forget this incident soon enough and co operate with you. Best of luck!!" said Dr. Cha Kang."So you agree that it was done by my classmates not by that nurse?" asked Zaini with hope."That nurse was caught in the CCTV while doing the act. She took the blame of doing it on her own. She admitted she hates foreign students", replied Dr. Cha Kang."Why would she take the blame for someone else's?" asked Zaini in surprise."That only she could tell", said Dr. Cha and he got a call from someone and he left.                                2Zaini came back to her department. There was no one. She tried to ask the nurses about the whereabouts of others but no one responded to her. She went to the general wards to check on the patients but no one was there too. She checked a few patients and came back to her department. Still no one was around. She didn't have anyone's contact number to call. She went to the cafeteria to eat something but she was not feeling hungry. She grabbed a cup of cold coffee and came back. "Zaini??" said Dr. Park."Yes, Sir""What are you doing here?" Zaini looked at him with confusion."All the interns were asked to rush to the emergency ward. We have sudden in flow of many emergency patients due a fire incident in a nearby factory. Why are you here?""No one told me about it. I was in the office", said Zaini in a low voice."Miss Zaini, your social skills are extremely poor. You can not survive alone here. You need to make friends and for that you need to gain their trust. You have good knowledge of the subjects but if you want to be good at practical, you need others help too. I hope this was taught in your homeland too", said Dr.Park politely."Yes, Sir. I will try my best.""Now rush to the emergency ward."Zaini came out of the department and started looking for the emergency ward. The ward was filled up with the patients. There was so much of chaos. The whole day passed by attending the patients. No one talked to Zaini for the entire time. She handled the patients for the first aid without talking to them. Some people pushed her away as she could not understand what they weresaying.                                  3Zaini came back to her room. She was exhausted and immediately went to sleep without eating anything. Her cell phone rang multiple times but she was fast asleep.She woke up in the middle of the night. She was feeling hungry but was not in mood to cook for herself. She decided to go out and eat. It was 12:30 on the clock. She came out of the hospital. She found a restaurant who offered a few vegetarian dishes. She happily ordered her food with some beer. "Oh God, it feels like it's been ages that I had eaten something so amazing!!" Zaini had couple of beer mugs and she was feeling high now. With so many thoughts running in her mind, she came out of the restaurant. Her walk was a little faltering. She was murmuring something and trying to figure out in which direction she needed to go to reach her room. Suddenly, she stumbled and fell. Someone came near her and started asking something in Korean which Zaini could not understand. The stranger fetched the cell phone from hand and opened the call record to call someone. He scratched his head as all the names were out of his understanding. "Kim..." uttered Zaini thinking how she came here because of him and now her life was a total mess without any friends and acquaintances. The stranger heard the name and he found the name on her cellphone. It was there. He called at the number."Hello" said the one who received the call.