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To his surprise, she shook her head quickly, holding her hand up to hi so vulnerable and those big eyes practically pleading, he re narcotic Just because her fa him to stay close wasn’t an invitation to take care of her So why did it feel like it, butit was?

Already, he’d had every intention of getting her the care she needed and ofshe lived alone with no close fae if her foot was broken

This had to stop

He walked back slowly to where he’d been standing previously but said nothing The doctor finally ca her vitals, and icing her foot

A couple of hours later, after a thorough exa for an X-ray to be taken then , the er woozy and s silly But she did have one request that"Will you call ina, please? Ms Brady sounds so formal" He nodded, but he refused to say it until he had to "What’s your first na slow breath He should’ve left when she offered hiret this and already was "Brandon," he said finally

She s in his name "May I call you that?"

"No" was his immediate response

Her expression should’ve had hi a bit panicked He’d seriously fked up by still being here with her

"Okay, Regina," the doctor said, pulling the curtain aside

That curtain was the only thing that separated Ms Brady’s bed froency room, and it still felt too intimate for Brandon She’d told him it was okay if he wanted to sit on the bed next to her, but he’d passed Just being here with her this long was anext to her on her bed would be too daood news is it looks as if there are no broken bones," the doctor inforhted board "But your ankle is badly sprained with a few stretched ligaments So you’ll have to wear an air splint for a week, maybe two, to keep the ankle iahter "Does that o to work? I really need to be there"

"It means you really should stay off your ankle as much as possible" The doctor turned back to look at Ms Brady "What kind of work do you do?"

"Office work," Ms Brady said quickly "I’ project, but I’d beall day in front of the cos--that kind of stuff--all offup on the fact that she seeht her attention back to the lighted board with the X-ray on it and pointed at the area in question "See that?" She turned back and winced at Ms Brady "Those stretched liga all the pain You don’t wanna mess with those If you rupture or tear one completely, that pain will be so er to heal You really shouldn’t be putting any pressure on it, and driving alone will do that But," she shrugged, "I knohat it’s like to have to be at work I’d suggest you at least take one full day to stay off it co back When you do,and try to keep it elevated as much as possible"

Ms Brady nodded, and Brandon felt so--relief He shouldn’t care one way or the other if she followed her doctor’s orders or not Just because he knew the doctor was right--she should stay off her ankle and for er than just a day--it shouldn’t be his concern

The doctor exa around to a and air splint After all that, Ms Brady was in pain again They gave her another dose of theit’s late because you’ll go home and will sleep like a baby" The doctor s the medicine into Ms Brady’s saline lock

The doctor left, and Lansing was back in within ive Ms Brady the prescription the doctor had written up for her pain medicine

"These are extra," he handed her a few packets, "in case you can’t get to the phar when this stuff wears off"

Ms Brady s thehtful of you" She reached out and squeezed Rob’s forearuy Is as surprised at her question as Brandon felt irritated by it "No, actually I’lanced back at Brandon, who stared hiive Ms Brady her release papers and leave fast He may know Brandon wasn’t her husband and that she’d referred to hiuy had to know there was uy, unless he was out of his s like he had then spend all these hours waiting with a girl he barely knew The last time Brandon had checked he was a sane man So as much as he hated to ad here already anxious to get her out of there so he could have her all to hi off--sirens this guy better da too