Caduceus

The sign means to do no harm.

She pondered the thought as she filled out her dailies. The stack of charts seemed endless, but they were all part of the job, part of doing no harm. She was good at it. Her job. Professionally, she was so put together. She was the perfect student, the perfect intern, and someday she'd be the perfect doctor. That wasn't her concern.

Personally everything was upside down. Her friends, her lovers, her family. She wanted to extend "do no harm" to them too, but somehow it was easier with strangers.

Her cell phone rang, and she sighed and checked the screen. "Alice". She chewed the cap of her pen.

Then she shook her head and started writing again. Do no harm, in this case, meant doing nothing at all.