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“My flight got delayed. Whitney didn’t call?”
I shook my head. “She called me at noon and rescheduled for this morning.”
She grimaced, sinking down in her seat. “Which I also didn’t make. In my defense, I tried to call. It went straight to voicemail. Dr. Roberts wanted to take me on some emergency calls. Honestly, it almost felt like he was trying to make me miss our meeting.”
“Yeah.” I scratched the back of my neck. “He probably was. He doesn’t really love the rescue.”
“I feel terrible.”
“Don’t,” I shrugged. “It’s fine. I’ve been turned down by every other vet in New Hampshire. You’re not the first, and you definitely won’t be the last.”
Her eyes widened. “Oh, you think I’m turning you down? The wildlife rescue was the entire reason I even considered this job. It sounds like such a cool opportunity and I blew it.”
I studied her face, judging whether she was being polite or actually interested. “You don’t have to say that because you ran into me.”
“I’m not.” She shook her head. “Honestly. Can we try again? I’m in town until Wednesday, andI have Monday and Tuesday free.”
“Monday? Nine? I could probably get Whitney to come and give you a tour.”
“Perfect,” she said, smiling. She glanced around the room before leaning close. “Can I ask you a question, though? Why does Dr. Roberts not like the rescue?”
I pitched forward, lowering my voice. “Cuts into his time at the golf course. I can’t really blame him. He’s got a business to run, and he didn’t like Whitney running off to help me every time someone found a downed hawk. Besides, he’s not a huge fan of wildlife in general.”
“He told me he prefers farm calls, which is fine by me. I got run down by one bull and I’d rather not repeat that experience.”
“You’d rather be run down by a moose instead?”
“At least that’s a better story,” she said with a shrug.
I chuckled. “Absolutely.”
The chime rang and I frowned. That five minutes had flown by, even if all I got from it was a potential replacement for Whitney.
“I’m so glad we met each other, Ben.” Dana rounded the table and pulled me into a hug.
I let her go and breathed a sigh of relief. “Me too.”
Only a few dates later, and I was in front of Thea.
“How’s it going?” I asked.
The challenge of keeping my eyes off her as I neared her table had grown harder, not helped by the fact that her soft laughs and murmured replies distracted me from the women in front of me. Not fair to them, but Thea had dragged me to this event. She shrugged, folding her hands and leaning across the table. “It’s good, but…doesn’t it feel like we know all these people?”
Except for Dana, it did.
“Well, what did you expect?”
She sighed. “I don’t know. Do you think we need to look further?”
I didn’t want to look any further than the other end of the table, but she had to come to that conclusion on her own.
I shrugged noncommittally.
She frowned, sitting back in her seat, lips pursed and her eyes faraway.
I pulled her back. “But for now, how about you woo me?”
Lifting an eyebrow, she grinned. “Woo you?”
