Healing His Heart by Sasha Goldie

Author:Sasha Goldie [Goldie, Sasha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-31T16:00:00+00:00

16

Patrick

I'd started getting my gas in Bend. Every morning, before I headed home to Three Lakes, I checked my tank and filled it up, then thought of anything else I could possibly need to buy before heading back.

There was no way in hell I wanted to run into Tyler again. Not after he'd been so standoffish after the fire.

He was okay, that was the important thing. And he clearly still wanted nothing to do with me. So, I'd given him what he wanted. After apologizing over the phone, he still wanted to avoid me, so I'd let him. I even started buying my groceries in Bend. No sense in going to the grocery store so close to where Tyler lived and worked.

Jeremy headed me off as I closed up my locker and prepared to head home. "Hey, Patrick, how's it going?"

It had been more than a week since we had our uncomfortable date, and Jeremy's demeanor had totally changed in the time. He was friendly and supportive now, and had the makings of a good friend. "Not bad. It was a long night. It's a full moon."

"Those are always the worst. Listen, I just came off a half shift in the ER."

"Oh, yeah? You pick up some overtime down there?" I slung my backpack on my shoulder and faced him.

"Yeah, a few hours before my normal day on four." He put his hand on my shoulder. "Did your Tyler have an uncle?"

"Duke, why?" I furrowed my brow. What was he getting at?

"I hate to tell you this, and I know technically I'm not supposed to, but Tyler is down in the emergency room with his aunt and parents. Duke had a heart attack."

Oh, no. Duke was a quiet man, but he was the backbone of their family. And Daisy would be lost without the ornery old man.

"I'll go down and see if there's anything I can do."

"I figured you'd want to," Jeremy said. "If I can help, let me know."

"I will, thanks, Jeremy, I appreciate it." I gave him a quick hug and went on my way downstairs.

Going through the back halls, the ones only the hospital staff had access to, I reached the inner nurse's station of our small hospital. "Hey, Jo," I said to my favorite ER nurse. It didn't matter when I stopped in down there, she was always there. I was beginning to think she lived there. "How's my favorite nurse?"

"Patrick, you scoundrel, I heard you was working here again." She laughed and stood up, pulling me into a big squishy hug. "What I want to know is why you haven't come down to see me yet."

"It’s been busy, Jo, you know how it is."

"That I do. What can I do for you today?" She sat back down at her station and I walked around to lean over the counter across from her. "Listen, a friend of mine was admitted. Duke Jefferson."

She tapped on the keyboard and nodded. "Cardiomyopathy. They're working on him now."

"How's it look?"

"He should be all right if he takes his meds right and starts exercising more.

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