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She wasn’t much of a shopper, but she supposed she could search to Not on Fifth Avenue, where most of Jude’s dates probably shopped, but surely she could find so decent at an upscale department store or second-hand shop?

Maybe she’d even stop by the make-up counter and have her face done while there

Orto spiff herself up to impress Jude If she spiffed non-stop between now and to, she’d never rival the beauties she’d seen leaving his apartment

Plus, the last ti and had ended with her looking like a raccoon from the tears she’d cried when she’d called Kenny and realized he’d forgotten he’d asked her outand was out on a date with someone else She’d not bothered to tell Jude that part Why humiliate herself even further than she already had?

She finished up her notes on the patients she’d cared for during her shift, then logged off the computer system

“You heading out?” her friend Shelley asked

Sarah stood, stretching her spine “Yes Today wasn’t as bad as yesterday, thank goodness, but it’s definitely been another long one”

“Speaking of yesterday, how’s the little girl? The one rescued by that hunky firefighter who saved her life andcare and a good scrub down”

Sarah’s cheeks flaive her the tender loving care, along with a delicious meal No scrub down They’d both already showered by the time she’d set off her alarm

“Keeley’s good,” she said, thinking of the little girl she’d checked on several tiotten permission from Keeley’s mother to text Jude to let him know about the child “She recovered consciousness this evening Hopefully, she’ll be weaned off the vent before the night is through”

Sarah spoke with her friend a fewthat she had a date with the hunky firefighter, but decided not to They hadn’t actually gone on a date so she shouldn’t juun, just in case

Not that she thought Jude would stand her up With her history, she should be terrified he would change his mind, that he’d find some excuse to cancel their date There was a tiny part of her that acknowledged the possibility, but her gut instinct was that he wouldn’t do that Sority

Which was ridiculous when she kneas a scoundrel when it came to women

But if she didn’t live next door to him, if she hadn’t seen the pleth

ora of wo in and out of his apartment, if they really had ht hiuy