Diagnosis: Daddy by Gina Wilkins

Author:Gina Wilkins
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2009-08-26T04:00:00+00:00

The study group met at a coffee shop Friday afternoon, taking over a table in the back. With overpriced beverages and snacks arranged around them, they pored over the notes they’d taken through a series of six long, detailed lectures that day, trying to make sense of the overwhelming amount of new data they were expected to memorize and understand.

Connor glanced at Anne, who’d been quieter than usual that afternoon. She, too, was staring intently at her computer screen, her pretty oval face creased with a frown. “You okay, Anne?”

She looked up at him, her clear blue eyes clouded. “Oh. Sure. There’s just so much of it.”

“When’s the last time you had a good night’s sleep?”

She laughed wearily. “Probably about the same time as you. Sometime last August. Before we started medical school.”

“You can afford to relax a little, you know. You’re doing great.”

Her frown only intensified. “I don’t want to get behind. Once you get behind, it’s almost impossible to catch up.”

“Anyone want to move to my place for a while?” James asked, tossing his empty coffee container into a nearby trash receptacle. “We could order pizza or something.”

“Sounds good,” Ron agreed. “I really need some more help with these histology notes.”

“I’m in,” Haley said with a nod. “But let’s make time for the gross anatomy notes, too.”

“I need to go over all of it,” Anne murmured, still looking stressed.

James nodded. “Okay, then. How about you, Connor? You’re joining us, aren’t you?”

“Yeah, sure…oh, wait.” He looked down at his watch. “No, I can’t. I’ve got to get home.”

“Babysitting tonight?” Ron asked.

“Trick-or-treating. Alexis wants me to go with her.”

Haley smiled. “That’s sweet. It’ll be fun trick-or-treating with her for the first time.”

“Yeah, I guess.”

Typically, Anne only looked more worried. “It must be so difficult for you trying to keep up with your studies and take care of your daughter.”

“There are other parents in our class,” he pointed out, trying not to let her angst rouse an answering panic in him. A few hours wouldn’t hurt, he reminded himself again. Half the rest of the class would be at the party tonight, drinking and carousing. They certainly wouldn’t be going over histology notes between beers. Maybe the study group would get a little ahead of him this evening, but he’d study on his own after Alexis was in bed. He’d catch up.

“Of course there are.” Haley gave Anne a faintly chiding look. “You’re doing great, Connor. You’re balancing everything very well.”

“Thanks to Mia,” he admitted. “I couldn’t have done this without her.”

“You’re lucky to have her. Better not let her get away,” Ron advised with a grin.

Connor started to remind his friends that he and Mia weren’t a couple, but it just seemed like too much effort to repeat the usual explanations just then. He started to gather his things. “I’d better go. You guys have a good session tonight and I’ll see you tomorrow afternoon at the library.”

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