Hearts on Fire: A LesbianSapphic Surgeon Romance (Hearts Medical Romance Series Book 3) by Emily Hayes

Author:Emily Hayes [Hayes, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

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Scotti

It was fire she ran into to save lives, but Scotti felt like she herself was drowning and couldn't be saved. She felt like she was sinking and there was nothing she could do to fight the water from her lungs. Her heart felt so much more pain more than her hands did.

If Jeanette hadn't insisted on coming home with her, Scotti wasn't sure what she would have done. She was sorry for Jeanette, who, unfortunately, was available at the receiving end of Scotti's silent treatment.

When Jeanette asked Scotti what she wanted for dinner, Scotti had said nothing, only shaking her head at intervals as if to wave away the tormenting thoughts in her head.

Later, Scotti got up and poured herself a beer. Jeanette didn't know if that was a bad idea considering Scotti's wounds and meds. But it was all Scotti had done since they returned so she let her be.

Scotti sat alone in her room— the room that, only a few days ago, was occupied by Naomi too. Now, she couldn't tell what she felt about the fact that Naomi reacted the way she did.

No, Scotti realized. She could tell what she felt.

It was anger. It was anger so intense that it numbed her.

She couldn't believe it. She couldn't believe that Naomi was more or less asking her to choose between her and her passion!

She'd wanted to be a firefighter all her life. She'd made it through a tough selection process at a time where there weren’t that many female firefighters. She had had to be consistently so much better than the men only to be seen as equal.

She had worked so hard. She understood fire. She respected it. She understood buildings and how they burned. She understood people and how they behaved when trapped. She had awards for bravery. Scotti knew she was exceptional in her field. She was one of the best and she saved people. When things went really bad, Scotti found a way to save people.

And Naomi was asking her to give it up? How could she?! She was being put between a rock and a hard place. She was being asked to choose between two expressions of her love. This wasn't something she was ever going to be ready or able to give an answer to.

Scotti kicked at a chair in anger.

Did Naomi think Scotti liked dancing the tango with death nearly every day? Did Naomi think Scotti didn't realize what she meant to her?

“What was Naomi thinking,” Scotti wondered. She soon came to the conclusion that Naomi must not have been thinking at all in that moment.

No thinking person would put a loved one through that.

But as Scotti said that to herself, she realized that Naomi had never really called her a loved one.

In fact, Naomi had asked that they have no strings attached.

She might have said she loved her, but love was surely not enough.

And it was because of this same uncrossable hurdle that they remained where they were in their relationship or situationship.

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