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It was nighttime at West Park Hospital in Cody, Wyoming.

Julie Mossbecker sat at the nursing station, updating a patient's vitals.

She pulled an ECG strip from the printer and got up to grab some paper.

And out of the corner of my eye, I watched my chair kind of mosey off.

Now, any other nurse might have shrug their shoulders and grabbed another chair, but not Julie.

I'm kind of territorial on some of my equipment.

I'll be quite honest, I'll chase the doctor down to get my pen back.

The suspect wasn't exactly hiding.

A doctor sat nearby. When she hadn't met before, flipping through patient notes.

He was dressed to the nine like he was going out somewhere.

He was wearing a swanky leather jacket, a dress shirt, jeans, and on his feet, high-end cowboy boots.

Boots that you knew were not just off of the shelf at the boot barn. You know, they were either

handmade or something. Julie stared right at him. If Dr. Schneider noticed, he didn't show it.

Being the ICU nurse that I am, I said, excuse me, why did you take my chair?

And he said, well, I needed it.

You weren't using it.

I said, yes, I was.

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