Grace Falls by H.P. Munro

Author:H.P. Munro [Munro, H.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, lesbian, romance, Doctor, Kids, Humor, Parent
ISBN: 9781495400544
Publisher: Red Besom Books
Published: 2014-01-30T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

At five p.m. a weary Maddie flopped down onto the sofa and kicked her shoes off; she and Mack had ended up running a full clinic during the day and now exhaustion was hitting her with all its force. She groaned as her cell phone rang, grimacing as she stood up to retrieve it, her mood lightened when she saw the photo of Zoe’s face appear on the screen.

“Hey you,” she said, walking back to the sofa and flopping down.

“Hey you too,” Zoe replied, the smile evident in her voice. “You sound beat.”

“I am, a long labor followed by a day’s clinic,” Maddie rubbed the heel of her hand against her eye and yawned loudly.

“Labor? Clinic?” Zoe asked bemused. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“Oh God, it’s been a mad couple of days. They don’t have a doctor here, their last one took early retirement. So I agreed to provide some medical cover while my car is getting fixed.”

“Who the hell do they think you are…Michael J. Fox?” Zoe snorted. “How the hell did you get yourself involved Maddie?”

“I wasn’t going to then Alex came to the door with Jessica and she was having an asthma attack and Alex looked so helpless, I couldn’t say no,” Maddie shuddered as she recalled the events. “You would have helped too had you been here,” she shivered again for a different reason when she remembered Alex in the sweltering bathroom.

“I hope he thanked you.”

“Who?”

“Alex.”

Maddie let out a soft chuckle, “Alex is all woman.” She could almost hear Zoe’s brain working down the phone line.

“Ahhh, and there we have it. Is she cute?”

“Mmm, hadn’t noticed,” Maddie replied smirking.

Zoe laughed loudly, “You are so full of shit. Is she gay?”

“As a pride march in Provincetown. Oh God Zo, she is amazing. She’s gorgeous, funny, kind. Her kid is adorable. She has a lovely smile. And boy can she can kiss.”

“What’s the catch, other than she’s living in bumfuck nowhere?”

“She doesn’t want a hump and dump and I’m just drifting through.”

“What do you want?”

Maddie sat quietly for a moment, her mind flashing through memories of her time with Alex, “To keep feeling the way I do when I’m around her.”

“Oh sweetie,” Zoe sighed. “I’m happy that you’re finally letting yourself feel again, but this can’t end well. Like you said you’re just drifting through, that little fragile heart of yours needs to be protected.”

“I know,” Maddie said miserably. “This sucks ass.”

Zoe laughed, “Yes it does. Now you go get some sleep, you sound like crap.”

“Thank you Mom,” Maddie laughed.

“Love you, let me know when your car is fixed.”

“Will do, love you too.”

Maddie thumped her head against the sofa after hanging up the call, bemoaning her bad luck at meeting someone who had slipped past all of her defenses and not being able to pursue it. There was a knock at the door and she contemplated getting up for it before sinking back into the sofa and yelling to whoever was there to come in.

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