The Holiday Triplets by Jacqueline Diamond

Author:Jacqueline Diamond
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-04-24T04:00:00+00:00

OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEK, to Mark’s relief, press interest was deflected by the birth of twins in Los Angeles to a 60-year-old mother who’d been an Olympic gold medalist. Controversy swirled over the mom’s age, but her unusually strong physical condition and determination to have children qualified her for special consideration, according to the world-renowned fertility expert who’d helped her conceive.

The expert, Dr. Owen Tartikoff, flew from his home base in Boston to congratulate his patient and appear on several newscasts. A man of strong opinions—some called him abrasive—he was scheduled as the keynote speaker next fall at the fertility conference that had drawn Chandra’s interest.

To his gratification, Mark managed to arrange a private meeting, at which he described the plans for the new fertility center and attempted to recruit Dr. Tartikoff as its director. Intrigued by the idea of building his own program from scratch, the man agreed to further discussions.

That would be an incredible coup. Yet, for now, Mark had to sit on the possibility. Aside from informing Chandra and Tony, he couldn’t mention the matter to anyone. If word leaked out prematurely, it would be awkward for Dr. Tartikoff’s current employers and might even kill the deal.

As for Sam, she continued her jam-packed schedule, putting in extra hours the following weekend to make sure she had the fundraiser well in hand. In the mornings, when Mark walked to work with her and the babies, she seemed as alert as ever, and insisted she’d slept plenty even though the night nurse advised him privately that Sam caught at most five hours.

He could see for himself that she was pushing too hard. The next time he brought food, Sam thanked him and spent the rest of dinner poring over reports on her laptop, keeping up with her position as head of pediatrics. When he asked why she was so determined not to let up in any area, she brushed aside his concerns.

“That’s just who I am,” she insisted. “If I’d wanted an easy life, I wouldn’t have gone into medicine.”

That attitude wasn’t unusual among doctors, Mark had to admit. He’d observed surgeons ignoring their bodies’ demands while performing complicated operations that lasted more than a dozen hours.

We expect too much of ourselves. Wasn’t he almost as bad, seeing patients, performing surgery, running a hospital and getting up early to help Sam bring the babies to work? The busy schedule energized rather than drained him, but then, he was getting sufficient rest.

The next Friday morning, eight days before Christmas, Sam snapped at him for bumping the stroller too hard on their walk. “I hope you’re planning to take it easy this weekend,” Mark responded. “You’re worn out.”

From the fiery look she shot him, he expected an argument, but she apparently reconsidered. “I am kind of tired. I’ve arranged for a sitter to come in tomorrow afternoon so I can sleep and catch up on my bills.”

“Put the emphasis on the sleep,” Mark warned. “I don’t want to pull

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