Doctor's Secret (Carver Family) by Lyz Kelley

Author:Lyz Kelley [Kelley, Lyz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Carver Family
Publisher: Belvitri LLC
Published: 2019-10-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

“Look who graced us with her presence.” Beth moved around the edge of the nurses’ station and gave McKenzie a suffocating squeeze. “I haven’t seen you in, what, a week?”

“Five days doesn’t make a full week.” McKenzie fought the urge to push away. “I’ve been in to check on Ellie.”

Beth leaned back and squinted, her brows arced downward. “Not on my shift, you haven’t.”

“You’re not here at two-thirty.”

“I’ve been here every day.”

She cringed. “A.M., not P.M.”

Beth’s mouth fell open just a breath before her brows linked. “Let’s take a walk.”

The hurt in her friend’s eyes smacked her upside the head. Avoiding Garrett and the sensual feelings taking root had been her goal, not hurting friends or family, and she’d failed at both. She took a few more steps and almost tripped on her guilt. Her stomach clutched in anticipation of the barrage of questions about to come. Why aren’t you sleeping? Are you getting enough fluids? When’s the last time you ate?

Even Beth couldn’t cure her attraction to Garrett or the dramas of the past. McKenzie had to be the one to find happiness and resolve her feelings, and she was working hard on both. Ellie’s touch provided more than comfort in the night’s quiet. During those dark hours, the hospital settled into an almost serene pace, and became a place where the monsters crawling around in her head disappeared. At night she could hide, and that invisibility made her life simple.

Fifty yards down the hall, Beth’s barrage of questions still hadn’t started. Unwilling to walk to the end of the guillotine plank, she stopped. “Okay, let’s stop dancing around. Just give it to me.”

“Give you what?” Beth’s confused gaze struck her as odd.

“All the stuff sitting on the end of your tongue.”

“How did you know I’ve been dying to tell you about the drugs?”

Drugs? What drugs?

Beth surveyed the corridor, and then placed her hand on McKenzie’s forearm, pulling her to the side of the hall. Foreboding trickled down her spine. “Haven’t you heard? This place has been hopping like a jackrabbit this morning.” Beth’s soft, whispered voice intrigued her. “Pickle’s instincts were right.”

“Garrett? What trauma did he create now?”

“Nothing. That’s my point. Last night, the police arrested Lisa. You know, that young nurse Branston lectured about leaving her drug cart. I feel bad now for giving Branston such a nose-pulling. Stupid girl.”

“Arrested?” McKenzie worked to adjust her mind to the conversation. “Arrested for what?”

“She was stealing drugs. The police took her to the station, and apparently Lisa confessed—said her mom’s sick, and she needed the extra cash from selling pilfered drugs to pay the medical bills. Leaving the cart was her way of redirecting suspicion.”

“Garrett was right, then.”

“Yep. And, that big ol’ red bulls-eye on his back got bigger. Lisa is trying to stir up trouble by blaming him for her arrest.”

McKenzie closed her eyes against a headache poised to pounce. “That’s insane. He was just doing his job. Is he okay? Does he need help? Please tell me this hasn’t hit the news.

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