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“Are they taking her to Mercy?” I ask Her heart surgeon practiced there

“Yes,” she says, and I can hear tears in her voice “At first, they didn’t want to because it was further away, but I insisted”

“That’s wonderful, Mo way toward calh I’m on my way there now and should see you very soon”

“Okay,” she whispers, and then lets out a tiny sob that breaks my heart “But hurry please”

“I’ll bust all the speed barriers,” I assure her lightly, and getting a laugh frooal “I love you, Mom Tell Corinne I love her and I’ll be there soon”

I push out of etic look to Jerico, all conversation about having a threesome with him and Kynan completely obliterated froht If you want to tack it onto the end, that would be fine”

I turn away and walk quickly toward his office door As my hand reaches out for the knob, I’m completely stunned to see Jerico’s hand there first I didn’t even realize he had followed me there

“What’s wrong?” he asks, his voice laced with concern

While I find that very sweet, and a new side to Jerico, I don’t have tiet into it “My niece is at the hospital, and I have to go”

“Is everything okay?” he prods me

I push his hand away frorab it myself to open the door There’s frustration indelayed and I don’t have time for politeness “I don’t know, Jerico I hope so But I won’t know until I get there”

He gets the hint, stepping back froh

“If you need off more than one day, it’s not a problem,” Jerico says as I step into the hallway

I don’t even look back at him, but I do call, “Thank you,” over my shoulder