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“So,why not just try her?” He insists. “Baby steps, right? No commitment, just a casual fling before she has to leave. And there’d be two of us. That would take some of the pressure off.”
“Should we be having this conversation without her? You don’t even know if she’s interested in me, yet.”
He snorts. “Trust me. If she’s intome,she’s sure as fuck going to be intoyou. Tall, dark, handsome doctor?”
“It’s not going to happen.”
He grabs my shoulder. “Don’t you miss it?” He says, his green eyes suddenly serious. “I do. It feels like there’s something missing. What if it’s her?”
I try to shake him off. “Eli, I have a job to do.”
“Just think about it,” he says, letting me go. “I’m gonna go get some food.”
He saunters off, disappearing around a corner. I watch him go, my head spinning. His words repeat over and over again in my mind.It feels like there’s something missing. What if it’s her?
He’s right. I do feel something missing. I’ve felt it for the last five years, like a hole in my chest. We’ve built a little family up here, away from civilisation, but it’s not complete yet.
The image of Daisy pops into my head. She’s certainly beautiful. It’s been Hell having her wandering around the house, to be honest. It’s kind of difficult to focus on work when there’s a woman walking through the hallways, all soft curves and creamy skin and long, thick hair. I’m not used to having that kind of distraction around.
But that’s all she is. Beautiful. That doesn’t mean she has any special connection with any of us.
My phone buzzes in my pocket. I pull it out, checking the screen. Unknown number. I slide it open to accept the call.
“Dr Nilsson.”
“Riven, darling,” my mother croons. I stop in my tracks.
“Mom? Are you okay? Whose phone is this?”
“Oh, I’m fine, darling. It belongs to one of the maids. I knew you wouldn’t answer if you knew it was me calling.”
“Why are you speaking English?” I ask, irritated. “Speak Swedish with me.”
She acts like I haven’t even spoken. Even though my mom lived in Sweden for over forty years, she likes to pretend that she’s American.“You’ve been ignoring me the last few days.”
“I haven’t been ignoring you. Phone service is down again.”
“God. I don’t know why you keep living in that awful place. They’re practically medieval.”
Anger spikes through me. “You didn’t seem to have an issue raising me here.”
“Yes, but things are different, now. We can afford a better lifestyle.”
I sigh. “What did you want? I’m busy right now.”
“You’re coming over this summer, aren’t you?”
“No. Sorry.”
“But we had plans!”She whines.“You can't just make plans and cancel them like that!”
“We didn’t have plans. You told me I was coming over. I said I wasn’t. You ignored me.”
She huffs. “Would one little visit really hurt so much? We miss you, Riven.”
“Yes. I’m a doctor. If I just disappeared for three months, it would hurt quite a lot of people.”
“Well, all those native people have their own herbal medicines and whatever, don’t they?”
