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“I’m sorry to hear that.”
“It was hard.” The student’s eyes misted over. “It still is, but my extended family is very supportive. We rallied around each other. What I remember most is overhearing the doctors talking about the second surgeon, how she was unskilled and unqualified.”
“Yet, she was one of the best physicians you’d ever come across, wasn’t she?”
She nodded. “She was.”
“What’s your name?”
“Odina, but my friends call me Didi.”
“Odina, you want to be a surgeon, right?”
“Yes, sir.”
The side of his mouth twitched. “Then go study.”
“Right! Yes. Well,” Odina took a few steps back, “have a good rest of your day, Dr. Saraci.”
He nodded. “You do the same.”
Mrs. Saraci
What are you doing today? Just teaching?
Dr. Lucas Saraci MD
Yes.
Mrs. Saraci
Miss me yet?
Dr. Lucas Saraci MD
Yes.
The second the message changed from “delivered” to “read,” discomfort set in. It was easier when they were faking or joking, when there was no need to sit and stew in his vulnerability—or when she was snug around him.
Dr. Lucas Saraci MD
I haven’t opened the boxes for the coffee table or bookcase. I could use your claws.
Mrs. Saraci
Use your fangs.
And I miss you too.
He smiled.
Then, although he knew the classroom was empty, he looked up. The students weren’t allowed to see him smile. If Raina thought he was a vampire, they were supposed to see him as an evil Jinn.
Dr. Lucas Saraci MD
I would, but it’s not a full moon.
Or, however that works.
