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‘Oh’ Hailey hadn’t thought of that contingency Of course It made perfect sense What else would a father dedicated to his son do?
Calluest the infor But he’d hoped they’d get the opportunity to talk again and noas as good a time as any
‘So, we’re OK? You and oing to be weird between us?’
‘Of course not’ Even if it killed her, she’d make sure of it ‘Even if the whole ti to an impressionable infant, all I could think about was you in the shower?’
Hailey sed as the blast of heat from his bold statement mixed with the heat in her face and sheabout her? In the shower? Naked?
And her? What had she been thinking about? Him OK, ination long to get him that way
This was clearly insane They had to put the brakes on Sheher h this, Callum Do me a favour, don’t think about me in the shower Don’t think about me naked at all Friends are all we can be’
Calluht ‘Of course Friends’
She nodded and pulled back froful of Callus and walked away to arrange Timothy’s pre-op care
Good They were both on the sae
CHAPTER SEVEN
LIFE went on Working together got easier They were professional around each other but both studiously avoided anything of a personal nature Two months passed Due to an unexpected illness, Hailey was offered a seat on the organising committee for the Brisbane General’s annual children’s picnic She grabbed it with both hands, investing every spareother than Callum
Unfortunately her attraction for Callus in life you can’t have’ and er, more impulsive Hailey would have thrown caution to the winds, but the older, wiser Hailey knew the fall was treacherous So, he was as sexy as hell and she wanted him It would pass
Tom, however, had insinuated himself into her life well and truly She wasn’t sure how it had happened but he see cable TV at her place It had beco immensely
Torandmother, who picked hiot ho sooody for them to share
It was a bitter-sweet tiether She often spotted them around the apartment complex, in the lifts or by the pool, and occasionally even at work, when Callued at Hailey’s heart to observe their easy interaction Their relationship was everything a father and son’s should be It reminded her of Eric and Paul, and as painful as that was to relive, it helped to keep her focused on not repeating past mistakes
Hailey was relieved when mid-March finally arrived and the Saturday of the picnic dawned bright and clear She was nervous and excited in equal measure The culmination of two months’ as about to unfold and she couldn’t wait to see the looks on the children’s faces today But the nuhed on her mind At least the weather had behaved
She was out early at the local park with a band of eager volunteers, helping to set up The annual picnic was part fundraiser and part co a little sunshine into the lives of kids—and their families—ere either currently inpatients or had been patients in the past A way of giving back to the co awareness of the important role the Brisbane General played
It was a free event The hospital was able to subsidise the rides, the food and the entertainely because most of the attractions had been donated All money raised fros on the day, both big and small, were channelled directly back into 2B Many pieces of ward equipht over the years because of the yearly picnic Unfortunately, as govern the bare necessities, events such as the picnic were vital fundraisers
By the tiates opened, Hailey already felt exhausted But the excited chatter of children as they streamed past her and the looks on the faces of parents who had left their worries at the gateevery minute detail, all hile