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‘Haelobin’s nine-point-five,’ Julie told her an hour later ‘Severe iron deficiency Renal function normal’
The lab had added iron studies after getting that hae with All we have to do is find the cause’
‘At Jonty’s age it’d be diet, wouldn’t it? Or celiac disease’ Julie’s brow creased in thought
‘Most likely, but we need to check for internal bleeding anyway He could’ve been kicked in the stoht in if that was the case’
Thank goodness for busy Knock-off time came around fast and for a minute Sienna tossed up whether to stay or to hand over to the night tea her job to Wendy Hall but the past teeks had shown her more to life, and ht do to her What was the worst that could happen? Losing her job would break her heart but it wouldn’t destroy her
‘This is where we’re at with Jonty,’ she told the head paediatrician coh the notes she walked away, fully expecting the roof to fall in on her
By the ti to relax Then she noticed Harry clihtness returned
‘How’s Jonty?’ he called over the fence
After filling hiaze into his eyes like a lovelorn teenager she closed the garage and went inside to pour a wine Yes, she’d decided one glass on her oasn’t going to turn her into an alcoholic
There was a lot to think about, but instead she iht, and weather patterns
Tuesday was busy with three serious ad other than hastily downed lukewar around when it was obvious the staff didn’t need her By the tiot home all she wanted was to put her feet up and enjoy a hile eating dinner and reading the flight training manual It was her new passion Not that it cancelled out the passion that was Harrison Sussing out the apart for him, was not an option But want to or not, she still did it Often Finally, to distract herself, she put the manuals aside and wrapped the few Christht a couple of weeks back and placed the one for Harry
Staring at the green-and-red paper covering the long, narrow box containing a fishing rod, she kneas a mistake He wouldn’t drop by on Christmas Day For one, he’d probably be in Melbourne, and two, even if he wasn’t he wouldn’t call in to see her ever again She’d wrecked two chances, one ot But she hadn’t been able to resist buying the rod It had had his na and fishing shop in the first place was a mystery
Retrieving the parcel, she took it out to the garage and leaned it against the cupboard in a corner out of the way Out of sight Back in the lounge she sank into a chair and let the tears fall for a fewon a reluctant s on the TV She could be happy Her life was changing, not necessarily how she’d envisaged entirely, but one step at a time she’d make it work out
Except for Wendy Hall creating waves, that was Dale had set up awith two board members, himself and Sienna that afternoon, and she felt more confident that they’d do all they could to renew her contract When she’d suggested they draw it up a month early there’d been some hesitation, so she’d had to drop the idea But as bothering hersleep over the whole idea of her job being in jeopardy
Not that she was planning on going hooking up with Harrison and traipsing around after him He’d have to love her for her to do that, and there’d been no sign of love co from him
Wednesday brought Santa to the ward, handing out presents and good cheer, and generally causing mayhem with the kids Sienna watched the excitement with a lump in her throat and a knot in her heart She wanted this Kids, presents, Santa, the whole shebang
With Harrison In Melbourne? Or Auckland? Or the back of beyond? No, she hadn’t progressed that far
Her s one even when she felt like curling up in a ball and crying When a little boy rushed up to her waving the toy aeroplane he’d unwrapped, Sienna got down on her knees and played flying games with him ‘This is the best medicine out,’ she told Julie
‘We should bottle it,’ Julie replied as she worked to re this stuff out’
That night Sienna and Anna hit the town for cocktails followed by dinner to celebrate the season as they did every year ‘To us’ Sienna knocked her glass against her friend’s after they’d been yakking for a while
Anna took a large h she was about to cry ‘To another Christmas without husbands and kids’
‘Whoa Where did that coh Sienna Anna never sounded sad about her lot Angry, soic, but sad?
‘Did you hear yourself when you were talking about your day on the ward? Did you feel the longing that was in your voice when youout on all that’
No denying she’d felt it earlier in the day, but Sienna hadn’t realised it was still in her syste rise to the fore ‘Sure we are, but we’re also living hoe choose’ Harrison appeared behind her eyes, and he aving, like she needed re of her love for him and how she’d like that to unfold
‘We’re both so tied up in our careers I sometimes wonder hoe function in the real world’
‘Who ticked you off today?’ This so wasn’t her friend talking