Harlequin Heartwarming March 2019 Box Set by Patricia Johns

Author:Patricia Johns
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2019-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWO

“HOW YOU DOING, GABE?” Dr. Flynn Ramsey asked his six-year-old patient. It was his day off, but he’d made the trip in after receiving this urgent call.

“Oh-ay, I ink.” The boy’s answer was garbled due to the fact that his teeth were superglued together thanks to an experiment gone wrong with his brother, Finn. Gabe’s head was under the faucet while the nurse, Anita, flushed his mouth with warm water and vegetable oil. Finn stood next to his brother, keeping one hand protectively on his knee.

They, along with their mom, Janie Hollings, were in the exam room of the newly renamed Ramsey Family Medical Clinic. Flynn’s grandfather, Dr. “Doc” Ramsey, thought the double meaning so clever—the Ramsey family treating families. It was safe to say Doc might be a little proud to have his grandson working with him. The feeling was mutual.

Flynn interpreted Gabe’s response as “Okay, I think.” He rephrased just to be sure. “You’re doing all right?”

“Uh-huh.” Gabe nodded.

Finn answered for his brother. “He says yes.”

“Thank you, Finn.” Flynn patted Gabe’s shoulder. “Hang in there, kiddo, you’re going to be just fine.” Then he looked at Janie. Janie had been several years ahead of him in school, but Flynn knew her because she was a James, which made her Iris’s cousin. “Good news, Mom, superglue isn’t toxic in this small amount. The bad news is, it is waterproof. That’s why it’s a little tricky to get his teeth unstuck. But the glue will eventually loosen with the vegetable oil and warm water.”

Janie heaved a relieved sigh. “Thank you, Dr. Ramsey. Aidan said it wasn’t harmful, but I felt like I had to bring him in.” Janie’s husband, Aidan, was a scientist, currently out of town on a research project. Janie had been incredibly calm when they’d shown up this morning considering her six-year-old had glued his teeth together. Then again, as a mother of five children, including two teenaged boys, a set of twins and a new baby girl, that wasn’t much of a surprise. Motherhood had a unique way of channeling anxiety into action.

Flynn turned toward the boys again. “So, no more experimenting, right, guys?”

“Right,” Finn answered for both of them.

“Make sure an adult is around first,” he added helpfully.

Jane gave her head a little shake. “Thanks, Dr. Ramsey, for instructing them on the finer points, when they know that they’re not supposed to play with it in the first place.”

“Oops,” Flynn muttered, but he could see Janie’s lips twitching with a smile.

“Also, boys, listen to your mother and don’t use any glue without first asking for permission.”

Janie rolled her eyes.

Flynn stifled his laugh. This was what he loved about practicing medicine in a small town; he’d never get bored with the variety of cases, and helping patients was often synonymous with helping friends.

“I think we’ve about got it,” Anita said from her spot at the sink.

“They’re free!” Gabe confirmed. “My teeth are free, but they feel weird and bumpy.”

Flynn stepped toward him. “Pieces of

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