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“The what?”

The little girl pointed at the screen “The skirt It’s why you like that dress? Mydress had a mermaid tail It’s my favorite, too I like clothes, especially mermaid tails”

Her irl’s mother once upon a time Where was she now?

“U her conversation with the child was getting more and more aard, she stared at the coet out of Dodge, but she couldn’t bring herself to leave the girl alone, so she resolved to stick around until Stephanie got back froe was overdue “How does your gan the clothes and then fill in the colors?”

Carrie happily demonstrated how to select and manipulate an item on the screen with a stylus pen “You want to try?”

“I’d rather watch you I’m not much on clothes or fashion”

The girl studied her scrubs then nodded “I can tell Pretty boring”

In spite of hoard she felt, Natalie laughed “We should send a memo to my new boss to up the appeal of our hospital wardrobe, eh? Maybe add some mermaid tail scrubs”

Natalie’s boss thought her appeal was just fine as was More than fine Of course, Mattheasn’t thinking of her hospital wardrobe, just the wo hi except a fellow neonatal heart surgeon and colleague

Why did he keep struggling with that? Of course, he knew Miaate her to a mere coworker when he knew just how hot her fire burned?

When he’d finished with hisand returned to his office to collect Carrie, he’d expected to find the nursing assistant with her Running the little girl to hiswould take seeain it seement call, because Stephanie was nowhere to be seen

Still, finding Natalie stooped next to Carrie was a pleasant surprise, especially sincehe’d just attended had involved Natalie and her role in the department

“Oh, Dr Cole behind him “Glad you’re back”

“Speaking of being back” he frowned at the nursing assistant he’d thought he could trust “where have you been?”

The woman’s face reddened “Sorry, sir, but I’ve developed an awful case of what I think is food poisoning Now that you’re back, I’ home to the privacy of my own bathroom”