Surrender: A Salvation Society Novel by J. Saman & Salvation Society

Author:J. Saman & Salvation Society [Saman, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wild Thorns Press
Published: 2021-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Alanna

“I’m sleeping with a man I have no future with,” I blurt out in the cafeteria right in the middle of the hospital lunchtime rush.

Billie gives me a sideways glance as she scoops a ridiculous amount of carrots onto her salad. Sometimes I swear the woman is half-rabbit. “Is he at least good in bed?”

“That’s what you have to ask me? If he’s good?”

“Wow.” She pauses to turn and scrutinize me. I get the full head-to-toe sweep before she nods her head and finishes making her salad. “So, he’s amazing, and you like him and now you have no idea what to do with yourself.”

I follow after her as she goes to pay. I’m not eating anything. My stomach is in knots, not just over Kellin, but I have my interview with MGH in a few hours and I’m nervous as hell. I talked with my boss and her boss and their bosses yesterday and they offered me a fellowship with the minimally invasive gynecologic surgery department. Plus, they offered me attending hours to continue my OB work. It’s seriously the best of both worlds for me.

But Boston…MGH…

I point the paper straw that’s sticking out of the lid of my soda at her. “I hate you.”

“Oh, shut it. You love me, which is why you tell me these sorts of things.”

She motions to a table in the back, and I nod because we definitely need privacy for this. Hospitals are filled with gossip. Sick patients and gossip are what keeps this place running.

“No. I think I hate you.”

She rolls her dark eyes at me. “The only thing you hate is that I can read you better than the Pope can read the bible. So dish it girl and you better serve it up hot and steamy.” She bounces her eyebrows up and down suggestively.

I laugh, shaking my head and taking another sip of my soda to stall. “He’s transient and I have my interview with MGH later this afternoon. Liking him isn’t an option.”

“Is that why you’re sleeping with him?”

“That’s a low blow.”

“That’s what I hope you gave him. But no. You notoriously only sleep with vanilla men who pose no real threat to you or your impenetrable tower. And I rarely ever hear about them. But you’re telling me about this guy and doing so with a slightly crazed, bug-eyed thing going on, which tells me the sex is mind-blowing and you like him.”

“Why am I friends with you?”

“Because I tell you like it is and I’m always right? Come on. What’s going on?”

I stare down at the table, my fingers tapping aimlessly against the plastic. “I met him in college. We kissed at a frat party and he was set to be deployed overseas for the Army. Despite that, he wanted to spend his last twenty-four hours stateside with me.”

At Billie’s silence, I chance a glance up and find her eyes widened as she leans back slowly into her chair.

“You never mentioned him before.”

I shake my head, swallowing thickly past the frog clogging the back of my throat.

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