Jungle Fever by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms [Timms, Lexy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: shifter reverse harem, shifter mysteries, reverse harem, romance paranormal werewolves and shifters, murder mystery romance, Thriller, paranormal suspense, paranormal shifter romance, vampires and wit, alpha, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy obsession, Mystery, w.j. may, New Adult, horror, horror romance, werewolf series, werewolf romance, superhero fantasy eboo, sexy, billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, free kindle romance, romance billionaire series, contemporary romance and s
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2018-05-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Dr. Melinda Johns was still sitting at the same table, sipping black coffee and ignoring her food. It didn’t look all that appetizing. There was a limit to the amount of instant mashed potatoes one person could be expected to eat. Still, her expression was very distant, and her expression was one of a tragic nature. Never had Taylor seen eyes so sad on another human being.

“Good evening, Doctor,” Taylor said as he set his plate on the table across from her. “Are these seats taken?”

“Hm? Oh! Mr. Mann. Still with us, I see. By all means, sit. I’m sorry, I didn’t see you come in. Hello, Angelica.”

“Are you all right?” Angelica asked, frowning a little as she took the place to Taylor’s left.

Melinda gave a short laugh and caught herself, biting her lower lip to silence the sound. She looked at the plate of food in front of her as if she’d forgotten it was there. “Yes... well, no, but thank you for your concern. I’m just not feeling my best...”

“What’s wrong, Doctor?” Taylor asked, exchanging glances with Angelica, who shrugged.

“Wrong? My goodness. I suppose the question is more what’s not wrong. I must sound like an awful complainer, but I find things distressing sometimes, rather unpalatable.” She took off her glasses and placed her knuckle over her lips, letting the lenses dangle dangerously close to the plate. “Please, you mustn’t mind me; I just... it was a bad time, you see, in surgery I mean. I... the subject did not survive.”

The subject? You mean patient, right?

“I’m so sorry,” Angelica said, reaching across the table to lay her hand on Melinda’s arm.

“I... thank you, my dear. It’s so wonderful to have someone to say things to, isn’t it? You have your very handsome man here to lean on and I assume that you have her, Mr. Mann, or are you one of those men who do not need anyone to lean on in troubled times?”

Taylor shook his head. “No, I rely on Angelica for support quite often.”

“That’s good. Nothing worse than someone who won’t admit they hurt. Sometimes it shows, sometimes it’s plain and obvious and...” She looked up. “And sometimes, my dears, the pain is so obvious that you hurt with them.” She sighed and straightened up. “But I suppose it’s all the nature of the challenge. If we had wanted to be sure none of our patients ever came to harm, we’d be doing plastic surgery and earning a great deal more money than this.” She grinned at them, but the edge of her pain still shone in her eyes. “As I said, please disregard my demeanor; I have always been a tender-hearted soul. Oddly enough, that was what drove me into medicine and nearly caused me to forsake my calling.”

“How do you mean?” Taylor asked, using his fork to poke dubiously at what had been billed as meatloaf. Not that he wasn’t listening. On the contrary, he was being quite attentive. He’d found people tended to speak much more freely when they thought people weren’t actually paying attention.

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