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Some words were best left unsaid.
"We'll make sure your stay here is as educational as it would be anywhere else," I assured her.
"Thank you, Dr. Sullivan," she said.
"Please, there are three Sullivans. I'm sure my brothers would be okay if you call them by their names," I said.
"Won't that be disrespectful? You are my boss, after all," she pointed out.
"I think… that doesn't really apply to you and I," I said.
She raised a brow wondering what I was talking about. Her cheeks turned a slight shade of red as she realized.
"Oh, yeah," she said softly as she looked down.
She was adorable.
"Miss Olivia, here's the mint," Chloe said to her as she pointed at the bowl and struggled to climb the table.
"I want to seat her on the table, is that okay?" Olivia asked.
"No problems," I replied and watched her lift my daughter and placed her on the table.
Chloe reached for the mints and handed some to Olivia who accepted her offer.
"Why do you have so many mints?" Olivia asked as she put one in her mouth.
"Who doesn't like a breath of fresh air?" I asked as I stood up. "I needed something healthy to offer patients that came in with children. My creed won't let me offer them candy that would rot their teeth."
"But won't that big business for your dental department?" she smirked.
"That's a devious scheme," I remarked, "Don't tell me…you did the same thing at Helen's?"
"How do you think she became so successful?" she asked with a sinister smile.
"Nah, you don't have the heart to do so," I remarked as I adjusted my glasses.
"What makes you think that?" She pouted, "I'm quite heartless."
"Children don't like heartless people," I pointed out as I stared at Chloe, who was trying to open another mint.
"I see," she said softly; as she looked at Chloe as well, the latter smiled. "I guess they don't."
"More mints?" Chloe asked as she offered Olivia some more.
"I think I'm good," Olivia smiled.
Chloe nodded and started smuggling them into her little pockets for later.
"Well, I would like to introduce you to the department heads," I said. "I understand that Ethan's program is to let you get better understanding of your field in a different environment. But we don't have a lot of children in this hospital."
"It's okay, I'm trained for general auxiliary nurse activities. I just like taking care of children," she said.
"Any particular reason why?" I asked.
She kept quiet as her expression changed, replaced with a forced smile. "Does anyone need a good reason to do good?"
She didn't want to talk about it.
