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If Jude died in the process ofan exit for the Millers, then so be it

There orse things than laying your life down for others

CHAPTER FIFTEEN

“EARLIER I MEANT to tell you how fabulous you looked, but now you look as tired as I feel after being here all day You okay?”

Sarah glanced at Shelley Fabulous wasn’t how she’d have described herself at any point that evening Well, prior to Jude and her arriving at the engagement party Sarah had felt a bit like a belle on her way to a ball As if she’d been the star of the evening, shining for Jude

Ha If so, that star had burned out and now there was a painful gaping black hole where hope had once shone

“Even before I got here, it had been a long night,” she ad theo to the next patient “But I’m fine”

“It’s just getting started Sorry you got called away frolaot here”

“I was in scrubs when I got here,” she reminded her

“Yeah, scrubs and make-up and a fancy hairdo You looked like a movie star doctor”

“That’s funny” But neither Sarah nor Shelley were laughing Or dallying to talk as they quickly moved from one patient to the next

“Hot date?”

Her date had been hot He’d also been a jerk And adie

“I went out with ”

Not anymore