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He lifted the pen light and he lifted her chin with his free hand so he could look into her eyes.
"So how long have you and Detective Rafferty known each other?"
"Known? I've been doing his transcriptions for a few years."
When the doctor shifted to the other eye, he hummed a little. "So, how often do you two see each other?"
"See?" Molly blinked but opened up her eyes after. "I... we talk on the telephone. Text messages."
"Hmm..."
Doctor Ashley put his penlight back into his pocket and lifted and turned her chin in one direction and then the other.
"Does your throat hurt?"
"M-my throat? A little when I talk, but otherwise... it's alright."
"Good. Good to hear it. It's quite remarkable."
She shook her head, pulling it away from his hand. "What happened to me?"
He narrowed his eyes at her in concern. "What do you remember?"
Her brow furrowed in confusion.
"Tell me the last thing you remember before you woke up here."
"The last thing... I-"
"Hey, slow down!"
She turned to look at the door as she heard heavy footfalls in the linoleum tiled hallway.
"Here, hold my coffee."
"Shit! I don't want to get burned!"
Doctor Ashley shook his head and sighed.
Before she could ask what was wrong, Jacob was in the doorway, smiling. "Hey, you. You're up."
Molly looked at the doctor before she looked back at Jacob. "Yeah. Just a few minutes ago. The nurse said you were getting something to eat."
"And burning his friends with coffee." Another man walked into the room and Molly did a double take. If he was clean shaven, he would have been her doctor's twin.
Holding one cup of coffee in each hand, he glared at the back of Jacob's head. "I used to make fun of that lady suing McDonalds, but I get it now."
Chuckling softly, her doctor spared her any more confusion. "That's my brother, Walker."
Lifting his head to smile at her, Walker Ashley grinned at her. "I'm the good-looking one."
She remained quiet, but her gaze turned back to Jacob. "I... I don't know what happened."
The concern in his gaze made her heart seize in her chest, but it was what he did next that made the greatest impact.
Jacob walked to the side of the bed as Doctor Ashley stepped back. He gently cupped her face in his hands and placed a gentle kiss on her forehead. He moved back a step and met her gaze with his own. "I know you've got to be scared, Mol, but we're going to get through this together."
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