Dangerous Therapy: O'Connor Brothers (Volume 1) by Rhonda Brewer Page A

comfortable. It was a little after ten, and she wasn’t the least bit tired. The memory of a shirtless John lying in bed was etched in her brain.  Although by now he probably had his jeans off, and possibly his underwear. Whoa. No! Stop that train of thought. Why couldn’t she be drawn to one of his brothers? They were all hot. John was her patient. Her attraction had to be kept under control. This was going to be harder than she thought.
    She poured herself a cup of tea and took her first sip when her cell phone rang. She snatched it off the counter and glanced at the screen. Marina’s picture stared back at her. Her sister wasn’t going to believe Officer Hunky was her new patient.
    “Hey, Rina.” Stephanie flopped on her couch.
    “Hey.”
    “Wadda ya at?” Stephanie settled herself and pulled the fleece blanket on the back of the couch over her legs.
    “Nothing much. I just wanted to see how the new patient is going?” Marina asked.
    “Ok, I guess.” Wanting to jump his bones was not.
    “That doesn’t sound good.” Marina chuckled. “Is he that bad?”
    “No, he’s just frustrated with everything.” And I want to have his children. “You’ll never guess who he is?”
    “Who?” Marina asked.
    “Remember the cop that pulled us over the day Danny was born?” Stephanie smiled at the memory.
    “Officer Hunky!” Marina gasped.
    “Yeah!”
    “Is he still hot?” Marina sighed.
    “Rina, I’m here to help him back on his feet not size him up.” What could she say? Yes, he’s still hot as hell with six hot brothers, but the only one she wanted to ride was her patient. That was totally unethical not to mention sick.
    “That didn’t answer my question.” Marina laughed.
    “Oh my God, Rina. Yes, he’s still hot, with six hot brothers!”
    “Wow, that could be interesting.” Her sister chuckled.
    “You’re terrible.”
    “How do you like living out of the city?” Marina asked.
    John’s house was about fifteen minutes outside of St. John’s. It was a small outport called Hopedale. A beautiful seaside town with an ocean view no matter where you were in the town. Most of John’s family lived nearby. As far as she knew the three youngest brothers, and his cousins were the only ones that lived in the city.
    “It’s really nice here. Quiet.” Stephanie liked it a lot. “And it’s not really that far from town.” There it was already. When people lived in St. John’s it was living in the city but when you lived outside of the city, St. John’s became town. People would talk about heading into town or just came from town. It was weird.
    “I guess not.” From the sound of Marina’s voice Stephanie knew something was on her sister’s mind.
    “So what’s up?”
    “I actually called to give you some news.” Marina’s voice changed. There was a pause before she spoke. “I got a new job, and I start in two weeks.”
    “That’s terrific Rina!” Considering the good news, there was a lack of enthusiasm in Marina’s voice. “So why do I get the feeling you’re not happy about it?”
    “The job’s in Ottawa.” Stephanie’s heart fell.
    “Ottawa!” The lump in her throat threatened to strangle her.
    “I need to get out of Newfoundland, Steph.” Marina’s voice cracked.
    “Is that bastard bothering you?” If Marc was harassing Marina, he was going to be one sorry son of a bitch.
    “No! I just need a change of scenery, and the contract is only for two years, but it’ll give me the experience I need to get an executive position when I come back.”
    “What about Danny? Who’s going to watch him while you work?” The thought of not seeing Marina every day made her stomach sick, but worse, was not watching Danny grow up.
    “There’s a daycare, and it doesn’t cost anything for employees,” Marina explained.
    “I’m gonna miss you, Rina.” The catch in her voice was hard to hide. They were inseparable since the day her parents brought Marina home from the hospital.