Daydream Retriever (An Alpine Grove Romantic Comedy Book 10) by Susan C. Daffron

Author:Susan C. Daffron [Daffron, Susan C.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: medical doctor nurse hospital romantic comedy single women, rural romance with small town sweethearts series, american humor olympics romance novel military, dog stories with labrador retriever, fiction, sweet clean wholesome romance happy ending, geek nerd pets and romance with cats dogs, sport skiing humorous romance novel with dogs and cats
Publisher: Magic Fur Press
Published: 2016-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

The next day, Lisa and Harley returned to the Alpine Grove Care Center to confer with Pete’s doctor about the idea of him staying with her. Lisa couldn’t decide how she felt about it, but she had to admit that she was lonely out at the house. Every member of her family had made it clear they wanted nothing to do with the remodeling project, so she felt trapped with a lot of memories she didn’t want to deal with alone. Having Pete around would help her to go through all the old stuff that she’d been avoiding. He was right about that. She was getting nowhere trying to do it on her own.

Lisa and Harley walked into Pete’s room, but it was empty. She sat down in the chair near the bed and Harley sat in front of her, looking up at her expectantly.

Ruffling the fur on his neck, she bent down and whispered, “Don’t worry. Pete couldn’t have gotten far. He’s too slow.” Harley wagged his tail and slid down to the floor to wait. Lisa grabbed a book off the nightstand. Othello? Apparently Pete wasn’t kidding about his affection for the Bard.

She flipped the book open and riffled through the pages. That was a whole lot of footnotes for one play. How could anyone stand to read this stuff when every-other word required a footnote? The petite nurse wheeled Pete into the room, and Harley jumped up to greet him. Lisa hurriedly closed the book and placed it back on the nightstand.

After helping Pete back into bed, the nurse said, “The doctor will be in to talk to you in a few minutes.”

Harley eagerly jumped up to join Pete on the bed, who shrugged at Lisa. She folded her hands in her lap, trying not to be nervous. Somehow talking to doctors always made her feel like she was being sent to the principal’s office for bad behavior. To Lisa, it felt like doctors looked at her extra pounds and lack of muscle tone with a critical eye. Yes, it was irrational, but it didn’t make talking to medical professionals any less anxiety-inducing.

A man in a white coat walked into the room. He bore a striking resemblance Dustin Hoffman, except he was much taller and skinnier. An involuntary rendition of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Mrs. Robinson” ran through Lisa’s head and she bent her head, repressing a smile. Why did her brain turn to mush around doctors? No wonder she’d ended up married to one.

“Mrs. Ryan? How nice to see you again. It’s been a long time.”

Lisa looked up. “What?” Who was this guy?

The doctor put his palm on his chest. “Roger Burgmann. We met at the orthopedic conference in San Diego back in 1993. Listening to your husband discuss erythrocyte sedimentation rate after total hip arthroplasty was a real highlight of the event for me.”

Lisa didn’t remember meeting someone who looked like Dustin Hoffman, but she’d been so bored and met so many doctors that weekend, maybe she’d blocked it from her memory.

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