Josie Tucker Mysteries Box Set 2 by E M Kaplan

Author:E M Kaplan [Kaplan, E M]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Black Crow Books
Published: 2019-05-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 46

A few days, a couple of good nights’ sleep, and some great meals later, Josie rode the elevator up to the floor of the hospital Drew had texted her he was on. She said she was just stopping by to say hi and bring him lunch. Even though her “stopping by” had entailed a brisk half-hour walk down Brookline Avenue, but the weather was good—and ooh, Marshall’s had a sale. Normally, she wouldn’t have cared about a sale at a department store, but for some reason, she was interested in buying a few housewares and jazzing up the apartment. Maybe it had been that brief stay in the dorms that had made her appreciate her own place more.

“Hey, look what the cat drug in,” Krissy said on seeing her. Working the desk on this floor today, Krissy was one of the nurses who had worked with Drew in his former private practice before they’d all been consumed by the larger clinic attached to this hospital.

Josie handed the woman a burrito, which she’d bought with the expectation that she’d run into her favorite nurse. The odds were good—the woman seemed to live there. “Shredded chicken, no beans, extra guac.”

“Aren’t you just the sweetest thing?”

“No. I’m really not,” Josie said, and they both laughed because they knew it was true, which was why Krissy was her favorite. The no-nonsense nurse was a kindred spirit—more useful with a hopped up drug addict, out of his mind, than with a crying child.

“He’s down the hall. I’m guessing you’re looking for him, but I can’t imagine why,” Krissy said, then barked a laugh that made Josie grin.

Marching down the shiny linoleum-tiled hallway, wafting an oasis of Mexican food aroma behind her in the sea of disinfectant, Josie once again mused on the fact that she’d managed to escape bodily harm this time out of the gates. Maybe she’d begun a new streak. Any new events in the future might be concussion-free. Because, lord knew, she did not need any TBI—traumatic brain injury—problems in her future. She had enough trouble with her bad dreams. The card from karate instructor slash mental health counselor, Victor, was still in her wallet, and she fully intended to call him for a session. She just hadn’t decided yet whether to ask for self-defense or therapy…

Toward the end of the hall, as she approached the break room, she heard several voices, including Drew’s rumbly tones that she loved. She also detected more than one woman present, including a high-pitched, melodic laugh, which almost made steam shoot out of her ears.

Ridiculous. She couldn’t live her life festering in negative thoughts and being insanely jealous of every woman who spoke to Drew or who worked with him. He was an extremely attractive man—not in looks alone, but in personality and prestige. A lot of women and men looked for partners who were doctors. For Josie, it had been a happy perk—almost a necessity with all the injuries and ailments she’d had in the past.

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