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"It all sounds good"

"Mia, I need to tell you this again, it’s not too late to back out of this Once ed and plans are made, it’s a done deal But you still have that freedom to walk away and be co to ask of yourself You’ve never had sex before and planning to do it with a coer--"

"Heath--"

"I e of the auction that you et to know you’ period Maybe a few dates first so it’s not just so--sudden?"

I shookmound of frustration We’d been over this before--several times "I already told you I’d rather not know hiet it over with as quickly as possible It’s not a romantic act for me--just a bit of skin I have no eh time I lost it This way, I can move on withsilence on the other end of the line I sat up and squeezed ht of my mom She’d need another melanoma therapy vaccination soon and those came dear, especially with no et it and choose to pay the e ofout"

"Okay I just felt obligated to say it again"

"And again And again"

"Right Now I’ to ask you another question that will annoy you"

I braced

"What do you think your shrink would say about this?"

I arched an eyebrow "I haven’t seen Dr Marbrow for years" I couldn’t afford her anynizance Declared hed "I think that the shit you were dealing with takes a long tih? If not, then how h wo--"

"Okay, that’s all the preach you get today No etting ready for work"

"Are you logging in tonight?" he asked

"It’s our regular gaht You know I’m always there"

"Any word froroup by his gaiven us his real na with another good friend frohts for nearly twoon in his personal life right now"

"He hasn’t told you? You two talk about everything"

"Not anyret I knew that Fallen readHe’d vehea about it Was he upset withfriends over this thing didn’t please me, so I hoped this wasn’t the case

After we ended our call, I hopped out of bed and into the shower, then pulled on my scrubs and headed to the hospital And I tried to keepand not the issues that Heath had dug up--nor the end results of the auction With any luck, things would be all taken care of before I had to retake the MCAT I could only hope, anyway

Chapter Two

I passed through the next week like an auto various things done I felt poised on the brink of so But I wouldn’t let myself entertain that idea This had to be snificant moment in my overall timeline Soon it would be over and I’d move on with the rest ofwhat person I would end up with If I was lucky, I’d find hientle He didn’t have to be aiven habout thisas I waited to hear back fro, it was no surprise that I was, again, in bed--this ti in the ER