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Hailey’s breath caught in her throat and her mind stuttered to a halt for a brief second Had that been a wild guess or had she given so away? She forced herself to casually check her watch while she ordered her scattered thoughts ‘Don’t you have rounds?’

H tiarded her for a few seconds Well so had he and he wasn’t keen to put hiain either He nodded ‘So we’re OK now?’

Hailey nodded too Anything to get him out of the room It seemed to have shrunk considerably since he’d entered ‘Of course’

‘It’s behind us?’

‘Absolutely’

‘Forgotten?’

‘There was no kiss’

Callum smiled ‘Kiss? What kiss?’

Hailey sers to his forehead in a ainst the sink If only it was as easy as that

The phone was ringing when Hailey ventured out of the panrooathered in the nurses’ station They were ignoring the phone Tina, the ward clerk, had left for the day

Hailey looked at the istrar, two residents and two med students ‘No, it’s OK,’ she said, half beet the phone’ It never ceased to a medical staff were

‘Hi, kids’ ward, Hailey speaking’

‘Hi, Hailey’

‘Yvonne?’ What was 2B’s NUM doing, ringing her? She should be here