Destiny Mine by Nana Prah

Author:Nana Prah [Prah, Nana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Escape to Africa - Destiny Series Book 2
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Published: 2015-03-03T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Esi’s date turned out to be more boring than listening to her father give a lecture about Marxism. It was no wonder Alice’s cousin had never married despite being a nice guy with decent looks and a well-kept body. Did the man know how to crack a smile? She’d given up trying to be entertaining when he hadn’t gotten any of her jokes. It had been the longest two hours of her life. Now all she wanted to do was end the date as fast as possible, but he’d mentioned going to a movie.

She was startled out of her catatonic state when her cell phone rang. Her date chastised her with a frown. She resisted sticking out her tongue as she answered the call. “Hello, Dr. Quarshie.”

“How come you sound happy to hear from me?”

She raised her voice to ensure her companion heard every word. “There’s an emergency surgery I need to come assist with?”

“What are you talking about?” Adam asked.

“Isn’t there anyone else who could do it?” She glanced at her date.

She hated to lie to him but couldn’t waste any more time in his presence. “There isn’t? All of the other midwives are in the middle of deliveries and the case load is heavy? Hmm….” Perhaps she was overdoing it a little.

The click of his tongue came through the phone. “So your date is a bust. I told you.”

“I’ll charter a taxi. There’s no traffic, so I’ll be there in about thirty minutes.”

Adam laughed. “What’s wrong with him? Is he a mama’s boy? Or is he crazy? No…let me guess. He’s ugly?”

“She suffers from narcolepsy?” She added a note of surprise to her tone.

“So he’s boring, and he’s putting you to sleep. Where are you? I’ll come get you.”

Esi ignored the look of displeasure on her date’s face. “Not necessary, Dr. Quarshie. I can leave right now.”

“You don’t want to spend another minute with him, huh? I’m on my way. Give me your location.”

The man was stubborn. “A chop bar near the military hospital.”

More of his hearty laughter irritated her. “He couldn’t bother to splurge on a restaurant? Are you sitting on a bench outside slapping at mosquitoes? I’m not far. I’ll be there in five minutes.”

She gritted her teeth. “Fine.”

“Mr. Dull as Dirt” stared at her when she cut off the call.

“I’m sorry. There’s an emergency at the hospital. The doctor said he’s not far so he’ll be picking me up.”

“I understand. Alice is always talking about how stressful her job is.” He paused. Esi would have climbed under the table to avoid his next words. “I was wondering if you would like to go on another date. Tomorrow?”

Why would she put herself through that sort of torture? She stood up so fast she almost knocked the chair down behind her. “I had a wonderful time.” God please don’t strike me dead for the lie. “I think I see the doctor’s car. Thank you for a wonderful dinner.” She figured it wouldn’t count as a second lie if she used the word wonderful again.

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