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THE HOSPITAL WAS abuzz with news of the handso Dr Luiz’s place Hoonderful for the hospital that such a gifted surgeon had taken over their depart about Matthew

Sick Of It

She simply could not escape him

At work, everyone was talking about him

At home, he invaded her sleep

With her friends, well, she was seriously considering placing ads for their replace on about how lucky she was that her fabulous holiday lover had shown back up in her life Permanently

“You’re thinking hard on so Natalie’s attention to where he had entered the break room just off the neonatal cardiac care unit where Natalie had et a cup of coffee because she’d been dragging

She’d been dragging since she walked into Dr Luiz’s office expecting to celebrate the culmination of years of hard work and instead had co

Stirring the one packet of sugar she’d added to her cup with a tiny red straw, Natalie cut her gaze to Dr Luiz, but didn’t meet his eyes How could she, when she felt so betrayed?

“It’s been a busy ,” she mumbled

She’d had t patient consults, plus had checked in on a five-day-old who she hoped to be able to transfer to a step-down unit soon

Besides, what else could she say? She couldn’t really scream and yell at Dr Luiz, could she? If so, ould she say? That she felt as if ain Matthew?

“The Harris case?” She should have been thinking about the Harris case rather than what, or et off her brain “The board approved the procedure,” Dr Luiz continued “I thought you’d have scheduled the surgery the ave you a thumbs-up”

“I’ht first case”

She’d been over and over the woman’s file Delaine Harris enty-five years old and was pregnant with her first child She’d already signed consent for on the board’s approval, which had conant, Delaine had known her baby’s heart didn’t work properly due to her vessels being transposed since her first ultrasound If they were going to do the surgery in utero, precious ti away