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But for the past feeeks she’d feltalive Wonderfully, femininely alive

The night before she’d felt aly alive in Jude’s arms Then, poof, he’d transformed into someone totally inconsistent ho she’d believed him to be

Because he’d gotten what he’d wanted and was ready to move on?

He was usually a one-night-stand iven her a feeeks because she’d been a virgin?

He probably had treated her more delicately because of her inexperience, but she believed his reasons for his bad behavior He’d been in love with Nina and had shut off a part of himself when she’d died, had shut himself off from his family

On autopilot, Sarah treated another patient, dee man’s severe abdominal pain to be a renal stone

Sending over a prescription to y in clinic, Sarah typed in discharge orders and stepped out of the bay

The eency department was crazily busy People, both patients and hospital personnel, were everywhere In addition to the usual influx of patients, an apartht fire Two people were confirht in for smoke inhalation and minor burns The hospital was still on standby as

Last she’d heard the fire was running rampant and out of control

Was Jude there?

Of course he was

That had to be the eht before he’d left her apartment

He was there Probably inside that burning building, risking everything for strangers

Because that’s what he did

Risked everything for strangers