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“Excellent,” Cole praised, taking hold of the needle holder and blocking Paul’s vision of his hand “I’ I need you to tellyou, if you can Just like we did before we started to sew Again, you still have anesthesia on board, so don’t be alarrinned “Actually, be grateful if the numbness lasts a while”
Sensation in the tip of Paul’s pinky was nor in the other three lacerated fingers
“It’s not uncommon after an injury like this to have decreased sensation,” Cole explained “I didn’t see any evidence of a lacerated nerve, but with the weight of the hatch crushing your fingers, it’s possible”
Wincing, thethe suture lines “What if it isn’t the anesthesia causing the nu back?”
“In most cases sensation will return on its oithin a few days to weeks However, ill need to keep a close watch on you,” Cole told the pale, slightly dazed ive you an antibiotic prophylaxis and so for pain, but you’ll need to return to the sick ward to for a checkup”
Cole helped walk the man out of the bay
Through the screen, A theof his patients He always had been
Trying to keep her thoughts off his coical trays, properly disposing of the sharps and conta that could be sterilized for future use She iping down the metal tray when Cole stepped back behind the curtain
“There aren’t any ainst the counter His hair was tousled, his eyes intensely blue, his sious
God, he really was Dr Delicious
No, no, Dr Disastrous She had to remember that
“Okay” Uncertain about her truce, she studied where her hands wiped the tray Was she crazy to think she could be amicable to Cole after the way he’d hurt her sister? Or were her fears anything to do with her sister? Were her fears ainst her rib cage like an out-of-control e?
She glanced up, aze, held her breath Why did he affect her so crazily?
“Are you going to the gyht of over six feet,her feel small and feminine “I’ll see you there”
He hadn’t had to wait for her answer He knew she was She alorked out after finishing in clinic So did he, at exactly the sath with her on a lot of things If she went for a walk on the “steel beach,” so did he If she went to the exercise roo hall, so did he The only ti alone with her thoughts peaceful was stretching the truth to say the least