A Heart for the Holidays by Dana Volney

Author:Dana Volney
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: F+W Media
Published: 2016-10-16T16:00:00+00:00

chapter SEVEN

Fisher dialed the regional transplant office on Monday—for the second time. It was harder to get off the list than on.

“Prairie Wind Medical Center. How can I help you?”

“I’m calling about the transplant list. I need to sign a release to take my name off the list.”

“Okay. Your name?”

“Fisher Tibbs.”

“Hey, Fisher. It’s Janae. I thought that was sent out to you already.”

“I haven’t seen it. Do you need me to come in?”

“No. I’ll make sure Dr. Morgenstern takes care of it.” There was a long pause, and he felt it coming. The question. “Is there anything I can say to change your mind?”

“No, Janae. There isn’t. How’s Whitney?” Janae had a daughter Maggie’s age. They’d been friends because, as a nurse, Janae had brought her daughter to play with Megpie while she was in the hospital.

“She’s doing good. Her birthday is next month. You should come by the party. We’re going to have it at the park by you.”

“Let me know, and I’ll swing by.”

Maggie and Whitney would’ve been lifelong friends. They were both sweet girls with hearts of gold. It would be a hard day, but he should go wish Whitney a happy birthday at least.

• • •

Silver had been going through her pile of mail and hospital information and other items on her to-do list when Fisher’s name appeared on the stationary Janae favored.

He wanted his paperwork.

He hadn’t let it go.

She grabbed the forms out of the bag she’d been carrying around since she’d gone to see him that first day. If he wanted them, she was going to give them to him. He could ink his death certificate if he wanted—that didn’t mean she had to mail it in and make it a reality.

She filled out a return envelope, addressing it to her office, specifically Dr. Morgenstern. If her cover hadn’t been blown at the fundraiser, the chances of him finding out now were slim, unless she told him. And she had no intention of telling him now.

She cradled her head in her hands. She needed to tell him. It was stupid, really. Not even a big deal.

But if it wasn’t such a big deal, why couldn’t she just tell him that she was in charge of the local transplant list? Instead, every time she saw him they moved further from the truth and further from any kind of real chance at a relationship.

She rocked her head onto the hand she had braced on the desk. She did want a relationship with him.

Someone who still didn’t want a heart.

Was it dumb to want him to change his mind now that they’d met? Now that he knew her? Cared for her enough to think about his future? Because if she were really being honest, that’s what she wanted. And wouldn’t that be romantic?

She sucked in a deep breath of stale hospital air. If—basically, when—he returned the papers, she’d call him and come clean. She’d lay everything out: who she was, what her job really entailed, and why he shouldn’t want her to make his request final.

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