Graveyard Shift by Michelle Dorey

Author:Michelle Dorey [Dorey, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988913179
Published: 2019-07-23T16:00:00+00:00

TWENTY TWO

LINDA FINISHED MAKING HER BED and noticing the card still resting on her nightstand, she picked it up to reread. Her throat tightened when the picture of Etienne slipped from it, falling to her lap. She couldn’t help smiling at the quirky lopsided grin in a face the color of cinnamon. His dark chocolate eyes still held that impish spark while a corkscrew lock of hair fell onto his forehead.

Normally correspondence with the teen was by email but actually receiving a card and current photo was something he knew she treasured. He never once forgot her birthday in all the years since she’d seen him last.

Bon Anniversaire, Mama Linda! I hope that you celebrate this day with your many friends. How is work at the nursing home going? You will be proud to know that I just completed a first aid seminar offered by the Red Cross. It’s not quite doing the important work you do as a nurse but you never know when it might come in handy.

I’m going to miss being a student after high school ends. The classes are simple for me—even the advanced ones! Mssr. Rochelle is unhappy that the scholarship for Universite’ de Haiti went to the principal’s son, but that is the way of the world, I suppose. I’ll be attending the junior college in the fall if all goes well with my new job!

I have been working after school at the Marriott hotel doing everything from bussing tables to sweeping the walkways. The pay is okay but the tips are fantastic. My boss, Manuel thinks I can work full time when I finish this school year. Maybe I can save enough money to visit you for a while Mama Linda.

Missing your sweet smile and loving support!

Yours,

Etienne

Linda wiped a tear from her eyes as she folded the card, propping the photo against her lamp. The boy had grown so much from when she’d seen him last more than fifteen years ago. Had things worked out differently Etienne would have been hers and Lucien’s adopted son.

With a sigh she picked up the boy’s photo and stepped over to her dresser. On top of the dresser was another photo, held in a black wooden frame. A wistful smile crossed her lips as she studied the image of her younger, more innocent self.

It had been taken in Port Au Prince shortly after she and the other sisters had arrived to help with the clinics that had been devastated by the earthquake. A younger (and much more slender) version of herself was smiling at the camera. She was wearing her habit; the shorter ‘sickbed work veil’, a gray tunic that went down past her calves and sensible black shoes.

Standing beside her was Lucien. They had just met; he was the attending physician of the backcountry clinic she and two other sisters had been assigned to. He had just completed his residency in Paris, but had come to Haiti with Doctors Without Borders.

Just like her, Lucien was all business when it came to patient care.

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