Baby Bootcamp by Kane Mallory

Author:Kane, Mallory [Kane, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: suspense
Publisher: Harlequin Intrigue
Published: 2011-05-01T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Dr. Larry Kendall was the doctor on call in the emergency room at Holy Cross Hospital. When he came into the examining room, he greeted Faith warmly.

“How’s that ankle?” he asked her as he unwrapped the bloody towel from Matt’s arm.

She stuck her foot out. “It’s fine,” she said. “My ego still aches though.”

Dr. Kendall laughed. “In the first month or so of her pregnancy, Faith slipped on a French fry and twisted her ankle. What happened here, Mr.—”

“Soarez. Matt Soarez. I ran into a little trouble in an alley.”

Faith jumped in. “He stopped the baby’s father from breaking in to the café,” she said. “Rory attacked him with a knife.”

Dr. Kendall assessed Matt. “You know I’m obligated to report this to the police.”

Matt’s lips thinned, and he nodded.

Faith rubbed the side of her tummy. She hadn’t known that knife wounds had to be reported. Rory might be arrested, and Faith wasn’t exactly sure how she felt about that. She knew for a fact that she would never allow Rory in her life again. But he was also the baby’s father. It hurt her to think he would have a record.

Dr. Kendall prodded and squeezed Matt’s arm. “Well, Faith is right,” he said. “You do need stitches.”

He grabbed a plastic basin off a shelf and opened a bottle labeled Sterile Saline. He irrigated Matt’s arm as he talked. Matt grimaced.

Faith shivered. She was sure that the liquid pouring over the open cut burned.

“So who are you, Mr. Soarez? I don’t believe I’ve ever seen you around this area.”

“That’s right. I’m in town temporarily, working on a construction project.”

“And you just happened to be at Faith’s café tonight when her ex showed up?”

“He—Matt’s been doing some work for me,” Faith said quickly.

“I see,” Kendall said. He pulled a bottle labeled Povidone-Iodine down from the shelf and irrigated the wound with the brown, strong-smelling liquid. Matt sat stoically, but his face paled.

The doctor was nodding. “I think you’re going to need at least five—maybe six. We’ll see how it goes.”

“I’ve got to be able to work tomorrow.”

Dr. Kendall looked up at Matt from over the rims of his glasses. “Well, we’ll see about that.”

It didn’t take the doctor a minute to neatly tie off six sutures in Matt’s forearm. Finally, he wrapped gauze around the wound and taped it. “There you go. You’ll need to get back in here in five days or so and get the stitches taken out.” Kendall sent Matt a knowing look. “Meanwhile, take it easy.”

“Don’t worry, Doctor,” Faith said. “I’m going to make sure he doesn’t hurt those stitches.”

Kendall reached for the button on the intercom. “I need to have the admissions clerk call the police.”

“Doctor,” Matt said. “Wait a minute.”

Kendall turned and gave Matt a suspicious look.

“I’d like a couple of minutes to talk with you before you make that report.”

Kendall’s eyes narrowed. “Go ahead.”

Matt sent Faith a glance. “In private.”

The doctor assessed him. “Give me a minute, then,” he said and turned to Faith. “Are you seeing your ob/ gyn regularly?”

She nodded.

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