Sweet Sanctuary by Kim Vogel Sawyer

Author:Kim Vogel Sawyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: FIC042030, FIC042040, FIC042000, Christian fiction, Love stories
ISBN: 9781441260970
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group

21

Micah sent the mother and her sons out the door, each boy proudly sporting new bandages. Micah couldn’t resist an indulgent chuckle. Children were the same everywhere—a bandage was a badge of courage. He closed the door behind them, the same prickle of awareness that had plagued him an hour ago bothering him again. He couldn’t get Nicky out of his mind. The whole time he had cleaned and bandaged the skinned knees and elbows of the boys, who had rolled down a graveled alleyway after tumbling from a homemade scooter, his mind had been on Nicky. Why did a child miles away pull his attention from those at arm’s length?

With no one in the clinic except a volunteer cleaning the examination room, he had time to spare. He crossed to the telephone and dialed Lydia’s home number, which he now knew by heart. As it had on all previous occasions, the ringing went on and on without an answer.

His dread increased. He should have been able to reach her before now. Something must be wrong. Deep inside, awareness dawned. Nicky and Lydia needed him. Without another thought, he flipped open the small book he kept in his desk drawer and located the number of Dr. Stanford, the Manhattan physician who offered the greatest amount of support to the clinic. He dialed, the rat-a-tat-tat of the finger plate keeping beat with his pounding pulse.

A receptionist answered on the first ring. Micah sucked in a deep breath and blurted, “This is Dr. Micah Hatcher of the Queens Clinic. I need Dr. Stanford to assign an intern to cover my clinic for several days, and I need it arranged as quickly as possible. Please have him return my call at his earliest convenience. Thank you.” He hung up as soon as the receptionist acknowledged the message, then hurried to the exam room to talk to his volunteer. “Mark, not sure when I’ll be able to leave, but I’m going to put the clinic in the hands of an intern for a week or so. Will you help him settle in—show him where we keep supplies and so forth?”

“Sure, Micah.” The man gave Micah an intense look. “Is something wrong?”

Micah’s stomach whirled. “I’m afraid so.”

“Can I help?”

“Yes.” Micah closed his eyes, steeling himself against the deep worry pinching his chest. “You can pray.”

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