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“Great He does make a fantastic drink” As she leaned back in her chair and looked around the roolanced around the room, as well

It was about half-full, and she had seen lanced past one of the corner booths and sonized the otten her fired from her EMT job

“What’s gotten into you?” Lacey asked “Peter flirting with another customer?”

When Ria stared at her reproachfully, she had the grace to blush at her behavior, quickly dropping her eyes

“Don’t look, but rerowled quietly

Lacey laughed out loud, causing Ria to scowl at her friend

“That’s how you refer to hiot you fired’?”

“That’s one of the more polite terms I use”

Lacey laughed again, pro her head to look at the man

“I told you not to look!” Ria exclaimed

Lacey quickly turned back to Ria “Ria, you have told ht You should have just ignored his couy was obviously in pain, and you acted unprofessionally” Lacey always had to give her honest opinion She would never lose her cool with a patient Moreover, she was right It was an EMT’s job to soothe the patient, not insult theotten aith it, she would have strangled the obnoxious ht

“Whatever you believe, you’re wrong He thinks he’s God’s gift to women, and couldn’t believe I wasn’t interested” Ria huffed

“That still didn’t give you an excuse” Lacey shrugged

Ria knew Lacey was still pissed for being so unprofessional She hated that her friend orking in the bar

Ria was disappointed in herself That tenher back in the sights of those she had been hiding froht for her behavior, telling her she should have laughed it off Ria had taken her opinion in stride They had reh the years because neither of the the others feelings

She thought back to that ride to the hospital She recalled thinking he had dozed off, that he must not be in much pain for him to be so quiet In pain, men were usually quite vocal, while women were the more stoic

When she had turned back frolanced down at hi at her with an odd expression She had asked hiraphic detail of which part of his anato propositioned in the back of the ambulance, but those patients—bothfrom dementia

She had gotten angry yet had strived to control her temper and professionalism

“Are you on any medications?”

“Just the pleasure of seeing you bent over lued to her breasts as she leaned over to take his blood pressure

She had ignored his co her eyes Like I haven’t heard that line before, she’d thought

She had carefully stabilized his araze watch every movement she made

“So you’ve never seen ht?”

“No I usually work another run, but the EMT for this one called in tonight” She had then picked up her clipboard, beginning her paperwork that she would hand over in the ER

“You’ll have to coht I’ll make sure you have a front row seat”

Ria had looked up fros to do with my time than watch twoto be a while before you’ll be fighting again”