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'I'm not that odmother' Vicky smiled 'Especially as you named my very first niece after me'

'If she has half your qualities, I'll be proud of her,' Seb said

Vicky blinked Was she hearing things? Had her brother—who normally teased her stupid—just paid her an incredible coe has definitely made you soppy'

'No I've realised what's important And there's more to life than your job'

Vicky had a nasty feeling she kneas co next 'Don't you dare try to matchmake I'm perfectly happy as I am I stayed out of it with you and Charlie'

'Liar You arranged a fundraising raffle, offering a date with me as the prize to buy Charlie some tis out with Sophie And you as good as told Alyssa she had to marry me'

'Don't listen to your daddy,' Vicky informed her niece 'I didn't interfere at all I just pointed a few things out and helped them see their way a little'

'And I' room 'Has Seb asked you?'

'Yes And I'hted to accept'

'Good' Alyssa sht You do work too hard, Vic'

'And I like being that way End of discussion,' Vicky said Though she was canny enough to go for the ultimate distraction, where new parents were concerned 'Are Chloë's official photographs back, yet?'

To her relief, both Alyssa and Seb took the bait and were soon clucking over their baby's first official photographs—and Vicky's personal life was left where she liked it best

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CHAPTER ONE

Jake walked quietly into the neurology depart—the day before he was supposed to start A bit sneaky, perhaps, but he kneas the best way to see what his new department was really like When nobody was on their best behaviour, waiting for their new consultant to turn up

Everything seemed fine The department was busy, but calm and quiet: clearly the teael dispensers by every bed: another good sign He'd worked in some truly horrible places where the adht and centre and iiene—suffered

There was a board to say where the doctors and senior nursing staff were, and another to shoas looking after which patient, so coood, too It was definitely a well-run department