Nothing lasts forever by Sidney Sheldon

Author:Sidney Sheldon [Sheldon, Sidney]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: prose_contemporary, detective

Chapter Sixteen

Jrason Curtis had been unable to get Paige Taylor out of his mind. He telephoned Ben Wallace's secretary. “Hi. This is Jason Curtis. I need a home telephone umber for Dr. Paige Taylor.” “Certainly, Mr. Curtis. Just a moment.” She gave him the number.

Honey answered the telephone. “Dr. Taft.” “This is Jason Curtis. Is Dr. Taylor there?” “No, she's not. She's on call at the hospital.” “Oh. That's too bad.”

Honey could hear the disappointment in his voice. “If it's some kind of emergency, I can …” “No, no.”

“I could take a message for her and have her call you.” “That will be fine.” Jason gave her his telephone number.

“I'll give her the message.” “Thank you.”

* * *

“Jason Curtis called,” Honey said when Paige returned to the apartment. “He sounded cute. Here's his number.”

“Burn it.”

“Aren't you going to call him back?”

“No. Never.”

“You're still hung up on Alfred, aren't you?”

“Of course not.”

And that was all Honey could get out of her.

Jason waited two days before he called again.

This time Paige answered the telephone. “Dr. Taylor.”

“Hello there!” Jason said. “This is Dr. Curtis.”

“Doctor …?”

“You may not remember me,” Jason said lightly. “I was on rounds with you the other day, and I asked you to have dinner with me. You said—”

“I said I was busy. I still am. Goodbye, Mr. Curtis.” She slammed the receiver down.

“What was that all about?” Honey asked.

“About nothing.”

At six o'clock the following morning, when the residents gathered with Paige for morning rounds, Jason Curtis appeared. He was wearing a white coat.

“I hope I'm not late,” he said cheerfully. “I had to get a white coat. I know how upset you get when I don't wear one.”

Paige took a deep, angry breath. “Come in here,” she said. She led Jason into the deserted doctors' dressing room. “What are you doing here?”

“To tell you the truth, I've been worried about some of the patients we saw the other day,” he said earnestly. “I came to see if everyone is all right.”

The man was infuriating.

“Why aren't you out building something?”

Jason looked at her and said quietly, “I'm trying to.” He pulled out a handful of tickets. “Look, I don't know what your tastes are, so I got tickets for tonight's Giants game, the theater, the opera, and a concert. Take your choice. They're nonrefundable.”

The man was exasperating. “Do you always throw your money away like this?”

“Only when I'm in love,” Jason said.

“Wait a min—”

He held the tickets out to her. “Take your choice.”

Paige reached out and took them all. “Thank you,” she said sweetly. “I'll give them to my outpatients. Most of them don't have a chance to go to the theater or opera.”

He smiled. “Great! I hope they enjoy it. Will you have dinner with me?”

“No.”

“You have to eat, anyway. Won't you change your mind?”

Paige felt a small frisson of guilt about the tickets. “I'm afraid I wouldn't be very good company. I was on call last night, and …”

“We'll make it an early evening. Scout's honor.”

She sighed. “All right, but …”

“Wonderful! Where shall I pick you up?”

“I'll be through here at seven.

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