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“Colt, I told you, I’m not really interested in seeing boob jobs.”
I laughed, “Would you just trust me?”
“Fine, but can we eat first, please? I don’t want this to ruin my appetite.”
“Alright, we’ll wait till after we eat.” I set my laptop to the side, and we ate while she talked about the task of finding the plastic wrap in my kitchen and then how she had managed to get herself wrapped up.
“I can’t believe you keep the wrap on top of your fridge. I had to climb on a freaking chair to find it.”
I threw my head back and laughed. “How long did it take you?”
“About twenty damn minutes. I thought I was losing my mind. I was about to go search your room. I wondered if maybe you kept it in there for some kinky reason.”
“Yeah, no, I’m not into that kind of kinky.”
“You going to fill me in on what kind of kinky youareinto?”
I licked a piece of cheese off my lip and let my eyes slide down her chest. “Maybe.” She visibly shivered, and my dick twitched.
“Oh, by the way, I called your work today, explained to your boss, nice man by the way,” I rolled my eyes. “He said take as much time as you needed to heal.”
“He did not!” Ember laughed, “Did he fire me?”
“No, well, let’s say he might have mentioned that, but then I advised him that I am a doctor, and one of the many things I have on my resource list was an attorney.”
Ember stared at me, her lips parted as if she wasn’t quite sure what to say at first. She cleared her throat, “You threatened to sue him if he fired me?”
I shook my head, “Not me. I said you would sue him for wrongful termination and Nickers Furniture would eventually be called Greene’s Furnishings.”
Ember threw her head back and laughed. “Well, thank you for doing that. You didn’t have to, but I didn’t even think about calling and telling him. That’s how much I love my job.” She shrugged and went back to eating.
I set my pizza down, “Ember, can I ask you a personal question?”
“Ah, yeah. I guess.” She set her slice down and wiped her fingers on a napkin.
“Do you get tested for STDs?”
She gave me a reassuring smile. “Yes, I do, every six months. I am also on birth control, and I have not had sex without the use of a condom since Dean.” She picked up her pizza, “That day I literally ran into you at your medical complex, I was getting my blood tests. I’m clean, and I’ve never had anything.”
I didn’t realize how much that particular answer would mean to me, but it meant a hell of a lot. “Okay.”
“If you want to see the results, or my medical records, I will show them to you. I have nothing to hide, not anymore.”
I winked at her, finally feeling like the world had righted itself again. “No, I trust you.”
She winked back, “I’m glad you do.”
A few minutes later, I took the leftover pizza to the kitchen and joined her up against the headboard with my laptop sitting on my legs.
“You’re really going to make me look at saggy boobs, aren’t you?”
I laughed, “Would you stop and just watch. This is a video that was done for my last fundraising event. My receptionist, Beth, put it together for me.”
I clicked the play button, and the video began. I grinned as I looked at four-year-old John. Ember sucked in a breath at the first picture and held it through the next two. His back had been scarred after he’d been dragged down the roadway behind a dirt bike. The first picture was of the injury, the second was midway progress, and the third one was of his healed back after three surgeries.
The next set of pictures were of Tabitha, a little girl who I thought had been four at the time and had been burned by gasoline. Her older brother had been trying to start a campfire and poured gasoline on some rags. Tabitha had been holding one of the rags in her hands when her nine-year-old brother had lit the match. The fumes combusted and burned half her body. She was probably one of my biggest success stories. Not only did she live, but as her sixth and final picture came up, tears welled in my own eyes. She was nine in the last picture, and she had little to no scarring left on her body.
I glanced at Ember, she had her hand to her mouth and her cheeks were wet. I paused the video, “Are you alright?”
