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Good luck.
Sawyer
I knew you didn’t really hate me.
Wren
I wouldn’t go that far.
Sawyer
Go out to dinner with me tonight.
Wren
It’s a Friday. Aren’t you working at Kingdom?
Sawyer
I own the place. I make my own hours.
Wren
Go wow your brothers and sisters, Kingston.
Ishove my phone in my pocket and grimace, knowing Maddie Kingston is my first patient today.
She’s in and out in thirty minutes.
Hudson and she came together.
She’s got three weeks left until her due date, and we’ll see her weekly between now and then. I absolutely adore this couple, but it’s hard to see them and not think about Sawyer and my sister, and the accident, and the lies.
But then again, it’s all I’ve thought about all week.
I’ve successfully avoided my parents with surprising ease.
I guess I just wanted to wrap my head around everything before I asked them why.
But that avoidance comes to an end when my mom pops her head into the exam room at the tail end of my next appointment. “Good morning, Mrs. Ryan. How are you feeling today?”
Mom has already delivered three babies for this patient.
The pretty blonde sitting on the table rubs her lower back and groans. “Hey, Dr. Esher. I’m okay. Just sore. One of these little buggers doesn’t like it when I sit down for too long. Of course, they’re little pains in the ass,”—she looks at the woman standing next to her, and smiles—“just like their father.”
My patient is a surrogate for her twin brother. He couldn’t be here today, but his wife hasn’t stopped smiling throughout the entire appointment, not even as she cried when one of the babies appeared to be waving on the ultrasound.
“Please tell your family I said hi. And congratulate your husband for me. That was a big win.” Mom looks between the ladies and winks, then turns to me. “Dr. Davenport, would you stop by my office when you’re done, please?”
I nod, and watch her leave, then turn back to my patient. “Big win?” I ask, and a dazzling smile spreads across her face. But she merely nods and grabs her sister-in-law’s hand to push on her belly.
“He’s kicking,” the mommy-to-be exclaims, and I’m reminded again why I love my job.
I tell Mrs. Ryan to make another appointment for next week and say my goodbyes before begrudgingly stopping by Mom’s office. “Hey.” I stick my head in her door. “You wanted to see me?”
“I did. Your father and I want to take a cruise around Greece next month, maybe do a little island-hopping. I’m working with someone to plan it now.” She pushes a paper across her desk.
I glance down at it and drop down into the chair facing her.
