The nurse rolled her eyes when Stephen chimed up and when Terry inevitably fired back. This was just the worst situation and if she let it stay this way, they'd just end up brawling again.

Turning first to Stephen, she stepped up right in front of him and glared hard into his eyes. Even if she was small, she had the aura of someone who could and would slap a man twice her size across the street if he crossed her the wrong way. "You, Mr. Deacon, need to stop harrassing this patient before I'm forced to take further actions. It doesn't matter who threw the first punch, you'll both get sedated if you fight anymore. Understand me?"

There she switched her even gaze to Terry and frowned. "That goes for you, too, Mr. Conason. I'm separating you two for now and you're not to go near each other again for at least one more shift. If I see anything out of either of you, I won't be as merciful."

Motioning sharply to the two orderlies, she stepped back and waited for the two patients to be sent to opposite sides of the room.