ey

t sit down once. Every time Prospect Lancaster stirred, I was there, checking his pu

," he

s, letting him take small sips. "Slowl

ed to the prospects outside the door. "Where i

I wasn't entirely sure I bel

k back into the chair, rubbing my burning eyes.

door swung open

leaping into my throat. Elvi

s. Dr. Arthur Reynolds scurried in behind them, looki

ked. He wasn't looking at m

g forward. "No signs of infection. The surgery was a

rough the room like a blade. He shifted his gaze to

d shut. He took a step

ving. They were a pale, stormy ice-blue, fringed with dark lashes. They assessed m

he re

nsistent, hovering around 72 BPM. Blood pressure 120/80. He woke briefly at 0300 hours, oriented but weak

s stayed locked on my face. Then, his gaze dropped. It moved down my scrubs

the signature l

ing of his eyes. His jaw, already tight, seemed to clench even h

ed. He looked back up at my face, his

e gets within fifty feet of this room without my explicit authorization. Not the clinic

" Reynolds st

lds flinched like he'd been struck. "Doctor. I am concerned with keepin

paled. "U

sed me, he paused. He didn't look at me,

b, Nurse. N

behind him. The door swung shut, and t

ding. My hands were shaking. I pressed the

I muttered un

ng about the way he had looked at my name. Li

cker room. I stripped off my scrubs, tossing them into the hamper, and stepped into the shower. The hot water sluiced

e date-the little black dress and the hee

time the taxi pulled into the driveway of my parents' house, my nerves were frayed

have yo

I closed my eyes for a second, gath

ofa. She was still in her housecoat, her arms crossed ove

my bag on the entryway table. "The

an called me at six o'clock this morning. Do you know what she said? She said you w

k of my neck. "M

t on a man like Warren! He makes three hundred thousand dollars a year, Haley! He has

thinks nurses are beneath him. He told me I s

. "That's what men do! Your father provided for me, a

tting in the armchair in the corner, hiding behi

urning toward the stairs. "I've been up f

snapped, stepping into my path. "Patty is humiliated. Warren

ter laugh. "Is that all you care

arol Parker's eyes were blazing. "I have already spoken to Patty. You are

er in disbelief. "A