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And that included a beautiful—and very o back in, buy a few to coffers…and then ht

Madison kept the sh she allowed herself to relax in between checking that all ell and danced with a dozen different men, none of her partners on the dance floor old mask They didn’t have his fluidity or his intuitiveness

It was pretty stupid even to be thinking about the man She’d never met him before—or she would most definitely have reain

She didn’t even know his name

And you couldn’t fall for someone whose name you didn’t even know…could you?

She shoved the thought to the back of herely expensive medical equipment that the hospital trust dearly wanted but just couldn’t afford So she was going to sch more tombola tickets

When the evening was over and everyone had gone home, Madison stopped by the hotel kitchens to thank the staff for their hard work and deliver the chocolates she’d bought theht now, she ide awake—and unless Katrina, as the on-call doctor, was in with a patient, the chances were she’d be free for a quick coffee-break

When the night sister let her into the paediatric departhted to discover that her cousin was in her office, catching up with paperwork

‘You e of Katrina’s desk Even though Katrina, being deaf, wasn’t over-keen on dark, noisy, crowded environments, Madison knew that her cousin would have enjoyed the ball

‘I wanted to be there, Maddie, you know that—but we’re so short-staffed right now I just couldn’t work it’ She looked hopefully at Madison ‘So, did you takein? Or have you scoffed half of it already?’

Madison shook her head ‘Sorry, hon You didn’t win it But you did get a full body e and a

Katrina s a manicure?’

‘Well—no,’ Madison ads, but her cousin most definitely didn’t Katrina was practical Too practical for her own good