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Her parents would rather cut off an ared from her and they still hadn’t recovered from her sister’s death

Carly being away this past year was the longest she had ever gone without seeing them and she ine not ever seeing theain

A luht that none of theain It wasn’t her fault and yet

Don’t go there, she advised herself Focus on your patient

‘You know, Dare probably would have thought it even if he knew you were a doctor,’ Benson said ‘Beckett thought it as well at first’

Men, Carly thought Perhaps she’d give up on therandson she disliked more Dare, probably

‘Perhaps you should just tell theested ‘Then they’ll knohy I’m really here’

‘I told Beckett tonight,’ he said,to the bed ‘But I want to at least spend the weekend with Rachel and Dare before they find out how serious my situation is’

Carly pulled the covers up over his legs and smoothed them out ‘I don’t think Dare will care,’ she said cautiously

‘The boy had it hard growing up I’ how hard’

Carly kept quiet She didn’t know the Baron well enough to be in the inner circle of his confidences but she could see that he needed to talk She handed hilass of water He sed the me’

‘But you’d rather he didn’t’

He smiled up at her ‘No, I’d rather he didn’t’

Carly returned his sood listening ears, although her ood listener as long as her temper wasn’t piqued

She put her stethoscope and sphyg the latch closed ‘Just so you know,’ she said lightly, ‘I’ up to Dare’s suspicions about le between you’

Benson had the grace to look sheepish ‘I know, my dear, and I’ry with randsons could use a good talking-to Would youme my phone on your way?’ He touched his forehead and Carly saw a flash of pain cross his weathered features

‘Benson?’ She went to hi down to see if his pupils were dilated ‘Do you have a headache?’