The Doctor's Promise by Michelle Love

Author:Michelle Love
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Michelle Love

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Chapter Nineteen

In her apartment, she packed a few things quickly, hoping Mouse would alert her to any intruders, but feeling the anxiety from being stalked anyway. She threw some clothes into a bag feeling like a candy-ass, but the photograph had rattled her. Put together with the attack in Tahoe and the man in the park this morning…

Why would anyone be stalking her?

She jumped as her cell phone rang. “Hello?”

“Noemi? Drew Ballentine.”

Noemi blinked, her mind going blank for a second. “Oh. Sorry. Hi, how are you?”

“I’m good, thank you. I just wanted to check in with you after our chat the other day. Kit said you might need someone to talk to, especially after the terrible tragedy. How is your family?”

Noemi felt an irrational irritation but pushed it aside. It was nice of him to call, to care, but she didn’t know the man. “We’re coping as best we can. Listen, Drew, it’s sweet of you to call, but it’s not a great time for me to talk. I’m sorry.”

“That’s okay, dear.”

Noemi nearly laughed. Dear? The guy was only a few years older than her. Dear? “Some other time?”

“I’ll hold you to that, Noemi. For now, take care.”

“You too.”

She hung up and dropped her phone on her bed, shaking her head. So, Kit had decided she needed to talk to a minister of all people? Her, an atheist, something Kit knew very well. She felt irritable, argumentative again, and had to talk herself out of calling Kit and yelling at him for his presumption. She knew he meant well, that he cared, but it was galling. Why did everybody else think they knew what was best for her all the time?

Her phone bleeped again, and she gave a small growl of irritation. Her stomach dropped when she saw the message. Another photograph of her, this time walking into the hospital. Noemi stared at it. Could it be a coincidence that Drew Ballentine had called her right before? Was he sending her a message?

Was it possible that he knew about her and Rafa, that he was angry she had begun a relationship with his stepsister’s lover?

Noemi closed her eyes, trying to quell the panic inside. No. Kit, her good friend Kit, was a good judge of character—if he suspected Drew’s motives were less than noble, he would never have encouraged it. She dialed his number.

“Hey, cutie tootie,” came his voice, and Noemi relaxed.

“Hey, KitKat. Listen, no biggie, but did you ask Drew Ballentine to talk to me? Counsel me?”

“Um,” Kit sounded guilty, and instantly she knew he had. “Yeah, I did. I was worried, sweetie, that’s all, and Drew’s a good guy. I know you’re not religious, but Drew seems like a good person to help you, is all. Sorry if that was overstepping.”

Noemi smiled down the phone, relieved. “It’s okay. I mean, it is overstepping a little, but I’ll take it from you. After everything we’ve done together, seen together, I’ll take it from you.”

“It came from a good place, I swear.

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