Taylor Lynne: The Women of Merryton - Book Two by Peel Jennifer

Author:Peel, Jennifer [Peel, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Jennifer Peel
Published: 2016-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

I was happy to be back to work after the long Fourth of July weekend. Between parades, fireworks, and Sunday dinner, Easton and I had to spend way too much time together and it was becoming somewhat awkward. Like we both realized what we had missed out on, and that there were still feelings there, but we knew they couldn’t be explored. We’d had our chance and we’d blown it.

Dr. Carmichael, the Chief Physician and the big boss, invited me to lunch that Friday to discuss how we could incorporate the New Mom’s program in other areas. I was excited to examine that opportunity. Since I had been putting together a class for the women’s group at church, it had got me thinking that I should be regularly doing this at the hospital. I even got grand ideas about doing it at the schools. If we could get kids to learn and use healthy eating habits while young, think of the disease and heartache we could prevent. It would be a good outreach program for the hospital.

I prepared a little PowerPoint for our lunch meeting. I was hoping to convince him of my ideas to get the ball rolling since I only had two years in Merryton. I say only, but what I meant was I had two long years here, so I needed something to help me speed up the time. Though the faster these two years went, the faster Ashley would graduate and move away. I was really trying to convince her that the University of Alabama was the school for her. She could still live on campus, but she would only be an hour away from our home in Birmingham. If she wanted to, she could even go to Auburn, which was two hours away. But she was keeping her options open.

I met Dr. Carmichael in the hospital cafeteria for lunch. I brought my lunch, per my usual, and he bought something that looked almost edible. Maybe we should start my program in the cafeteria, I thought.

Dr. Carmichael sat down across from me. “Thanks for agreeing to have lunch with me.”

“Thank you for the invitation. I’ve worked up a presentation outlining my ideas.” I reached down for my laptop.

He reached across the table and placed his hand over mine. “Let’s save that for later. I want to get to know you a little better.”

I sat straight up and pulled my hand away. “Okay? What do you want to know?”

He grinned and I noticed he had capped teeth that practically shined. If it were a movie, I swear I would have heard a ding and seen a sparkle come out of his mouth. He looked like the typical middle-aged doctor you would see on some nighttime drama, like a young Tom Selleck. He even had the gravelly voice. He didn’t seem like a bad guy, but he was successful and attractive and he knew it, and wanted everyone else around him to know it, too.

“You’re from Alabama, right?” he asked.

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