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‘I need a shower I’ll find Joyce’

Ten ed into a pair of scrubs It wasn’t ideal but she only had a couple of hours left toher mop and bucket out of the bay as Hailey approached

‘Thanks forup, Joyce’

‘No worries, love’

Hailey stood at the entrance to the bay and watched Callu on the edge of the low chair, bent forward at the hips with his elbows propped on his thighs, Timothy safely cradled in his outstretched ar Timothy’s head and neck expertly

She’d spent five ’s expert hands and what they’d done to her body Dear God, pull yourself together! She strode into the bay annoyed with herself and her one-track thoughts

‘Thank you, Callum,’ she said briskly, desperate to maintain a professional façade in front of hi underwear she’d washed out in the shower and dried to the best of her ability in a fewacutely every second of their passionate clinch last week

‘Shh,’ Callu up at her

He tried hard not to do a double-take when he saw her She was fresh fro than he’d ever thought possible What was that old song? Soe to retrain as a surgeon

Her hair was daes the odd wet tendril fell from a hastily constructed ponytail Her face was free of make-up and he could see the freckles across her nose that had fascinated him so much at the ball

Hailey looked down at the efficiently wrapped bundle, looking even srasp ‘Oh, he’s asleep,’ she whispered, ht up in Timothy’s button nose and cute bow mouth

She crouched down in front of Callu careful to avoid the taping of the scalp vein IV He looked like a gloor, only his head visible

Callum watched Hailey’s face soften She’d marched over here all businesslike but one look at Timothy’s cuteness and she had collapsed like a house of cards It was the last thing he needed to see More evidence of how good she ith kids