Ines Delarosa

Ines Delarosa, a character in the Open Heart series, is a senior resident at Edenbrook Hospital. She is first seen in Book 1, Chapter 1.

Appearance
Ines has brown curly hair, brown eyes, and tanned skin. She is wearing a yellow blouse covered by a white coat with Edenbrook's logo and name tag.

Personality
In Chapter 3, Your character described her to Jackie Varma as "bubblegum-rainbows incarnate". She is a very cheerful, energetic woman who is supportive of the new residents under her charge. When compared to her fellow senior resident, Dr. Zaid Mirani, she is easier to approach and is willing to help you even in your personal life.

Book 1

 * Chapter 1: The Doctor Is In
 * Chapter 2: Code Blue
 * Chapter 3: Hanging in the Balance
 * Chapter 5: Relief
 * Chapter 6: Housewarming
 * Chapter 8: Make-Believe
 * Chapter 9: The Pita
 * Chapter 10: Risk and Reward
 * Chapter 11: Whatever It Takes
 * Chapter 12: Panacea
 * Chapter 13: Admission
 * Chapter 14: Triage
 * Chapter 15: Hearing Impaired
 * Chapter 17: The Oath

Book 2

 * Chapter 1: Prognosis
 * Chapter 2: The Interns
 * Chapter 5: Influence
 * Chapter 8: Fair Game
 * Chapter 11: Countdown
 * Chapter 17: Hopeful Hearts
 * Chapter 18: Inevitable
 * Chapter 19: One Last Case (Mentioned; Determinant)
 * Chapter 20: Picking Sides

Book 3

 * Chapter 1: Edenbrook 2.0  (Determinant)
 * Chapter 7: Team Players  (Determinant)
 * Chapter 10: Ceasefire
 * Chapter 11: Wedding Belles

Kyra Santana
In Chapter 11, Ines is the one who told Kyra that her cancer is back. She also tries to convince her to stay and fight it, but doesn't succeed.

Zaid Mirani
"I always knew you needed a big brain to be a good doctor. Ines is the one who taught me that, to be a great doctor, you have to have a big heart."

- Zaid's toast to Ines on her wedding

When you and your friends are first year interns at Edenbrook, Zaid and Ines are the residents assigned to you. Although you rarely see them outside of work, when you do, you notice that Ines is the type to bring Zaid out of his shell or try to make him more personable or relatable. She tells you that he is worried about you when you have the upcoming Ethics Committee meeting during your first year, although he will not admit it to you himself.

At her wedding, he tells the story of how he met Ines during their first year at Edenbrook. He didn't expect to meet the kindest, sweetest, most amazing doctor he has ever known and to make the best friend he has ever had. She asked him to officiate her wedding, and he accepted.

Angie McKinnon
Angie is Ines's wife. They met when Ines's regular accountant was sick and Angie took over one of her appointments. Her passionate arguments about taxes as well as being cute convinced Ines to ask her out for coffee. The two have been together for 15 months and considering how difficult it is to predict life in Edenbrook, as soon as they saw an opportunity to get married they didn't decide to wait. At their wedding reception, if you mention to Ines that you thought she might have dated a co-worker at the hospital, she tells you that she knows better than to mix her personal life with her professional life.

Trivia

 * The surname Delarosa is of Spanish origin, which means "Of the Rose". In Spanish his writing is "de la Rosa" and it's used to designate a place of provenience.
 * Inés is a Spanish version of the name Agnes, which means "pure, chaste".
 * In Chapter 12, she appears at Mrs. Martinez's going-away party and looks sad. She even mentions she promised herself not to cry.
 * She is confirmed to be LGBT in Book 3, when it's revealed she has a girlfriend.