Surviving the Chase by Lisa Renee Johnson

Author:Lisa Renee Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington Books
Published: 2020-04-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 23

Miles Day wandered around Children’s Hospital feeling like he was trapped in a maze. He had been away from the hospital for a few weeks, and he was trying to melt back into the familiar flow. The morning was a blur. One patient after another made the time pass quickly, but he was fading fast. The lack of sleep was catching up to him.

Miles stopped at the nurses’ station. The L-shaped hub buzzed with the sounds of an impending shift change as nurses greeted one another and exchanged patient reports. He glanced at the whiteboard. Dr. Sydney James was also in the building.

He leaned against the countertop and studied the clipboard with the printout of his active patients and the ones he’d seen and discharged. What was he going to say to her?

“Hey, Dr. Day.” Jason, one of the few male nurses on staff, greeted him and interrupted his thoughts. “Good to have you back.”

“Thanks, J.” He smiled and returned to the printout in front of him. Throughout the day, he noticed the quick glances and hesitant stares from other staff, but he expected that.

The fallout from the fight at Lois the Pie Queen had tarnished his professional image. Last night, after arriving home, he opened a letter with a legal demand to pay ten thousand dollars for half the damages, and he didn’t even blink. He was ashamed of the amount of damage they did to the small, family-friendly eatery. So, he wrote a check for the demand, added an additional two thousand dollars, and dropped it in the mail to the owner that morning. And since it was Donathan who initiated the physical contact with accusations of him sleeping with Sydney, he hoped his sorry ass had done the same.

Deciding he needed a jolt of caffeine, Miles made his way to the doctors’ lounge and quickly brewed himself a cup of black tea. He took a seat on the leather couch and thumbed through the Bay Area Medical Journal as he waited for the liquid to cool enough for him to drink it. He tried to think about anything but Sydney, though he couldn’t concentrate—too many things were going on in his head.

“Miles?”

He looked up into the face of Julia Stevens, the self-appointed queen bee of Children’s Hospital Oakland. She was also the hospital busybody who had made it her job to stick her nose into everybody’s business, including his.

“Julia.” He smiled, picking up his cup of tea from the side table and taking a sip. “How are you?”

“I should be asking you that question, stranger.” She leaned in and hugged Miles a little too long before taking the seat on the couch next to him. “It’s so good to see you,” she gushed, her long red hair brushing against his shoulder. Miles stayed quiet, staring at Julia, taking in her words. She continued.

“My schedule has been absolutely insane since you’ve been away. Not only did I cover those few extra shifts for you, but I’m also on the selection committee for the award you’re reading about.

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