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‘How?’ Madison asked

Nita sighed ‘I know that it’s not really done for people to go out together on the same ward, especially students with senior doctors, but as this is the last week of ain ‘I can’t believe I was that stupid Of course ato be attached’

‘Theo?’ She’d thought for a while that Nita had a crush on the consultant But Nita had said the man she’d asked out was attached Would Theo have told anyone that he was seeing her?

‘Theo,’ Nita confiret my nerve up to ask him He was really nice about it—and I think that’s made it worse’ She looked miserable ‘He just said that he was really flattered but, sorry, he was already involved with someone He said they kept it low key but it was really serious’

Theo had told someone that he was really serious about her? Did thisabout a future with her? Or had he just tried to be kind and let Nita down gently?

He certainly couldn’t have told Nita who he was seeing, or the student would never have confided in her

‘Never ly ‘I’m sure there won’t be any aardness between you in this last week of your attachment, because you’re both too professional to let that happen’ She hugged Nita swiftly ‘Don’t take it to heart You’re not the first who’s said so they wished they could take back, and you won’t be the last You weren’t to knoas already seeing someone’

‘I suppose not I wonder who it is?’ Nita looked speculative ‘His face went all soft and dreamy when he talked about her’

Exactly what Katrina had said

Madison’s heart missed another beat and she really hoped that she didn’t look equally dreamy when Theo’s na someone would notice and o public Not until the stalemate was broken

‘Well, we’d better get back to our list,’ Madison said with a smile

At the end of the day, they saw Mrs Reeves again

‘We’ve had the blood results back,’ Madison said ‘And it’s pretty conclusive’ She looked at the dark urine sa plenty?’