Saving Forever - Part 4 by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms [Timms, Lexy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2014-10-20T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The days leading up to the wedding flew. Charity flew back to Atlanta Sunday evening and spent the week working, taking work home with her and setting meetings throughout the days. With the new massive charitable donation, it seemed to have kick-started things at the hospital. The refurbished floor added another CAT scan machine to reduce wait times and after a meeting with the board, Forever Hope voted on putting the monies toward the children’s floor.

Charity took care of her end of what needed to be done and finished in perfect timing, the night before they were booked to fly to New Zealand. Malcolm came by the office just as she was getting ready to leave.

“All ready?” he asked.

Charity clicked her briefcase closed. “I think so. Everything here is in order. I’ll be gone for two weeks but just call me if anything comes up.”

Malcolm shook his head. “I’m not calling you on your wedding slash honeymoon. We’ll be fine here.”

“Well, if anything does come up you know how to get a hold of me.”

He handed her an envelope.

She took it, about to open it. “What’s this?”

He stopped her by covering her hand in his. “Go have a great time. Congratulations.” He grinned. “That’s not business, it’s a wedding gift.”

“You didn’t hav—”

“I wanted to.” He let go of her hand and glanced around the room. “You’ve done a fantastic job here, Charity. Thank you.”

“The hospital’s done the work. I’m just the lucky girl who gets to promote it.” It felt like she was living two lives, one here in Atlanta and another fairy tale one in New York.

He chuckled. “You just had a single family donate an astronomical amount of money.”

Charity shook her head. “I didn’t do anything but set up the account for estates and companies to be able to donate the money to the hospital. This particular family chose you guys because of the staff that’s been here over the years. That was this hospital. Not me. You need to be proud of Forever Hope.”

“I am, but you can’t stop me from telling you what a fine job you’ve done. That too is well deserved.”

She didn’t know how to respond. The conversation oddly felt like a goodbye speech. “Are you letting me go?” She couldn’t believe she’d asked the question out loud.

If Malcolm was shocked he didn’t let it show. “Do you want to be released from the contract?”

She felt her eyebrows rise but had no idea how to respond.

Malcolm sat down and patted the seat beside him. “Charity, we are not terminating the contract. The board here is beyond pleased with what you have done. You’ve raised more money since you’ve been here than what the board’s been working on for years. We spoke after our meeting with you this week and discussed everything you’ve been through and your upcoming nuptials. We wanted to give you the option to be released from the contract if you wanted to, with no obligation or penalty.”

Here was her chance to pack all her stuff up and leave for New York.

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