now.”
“I’ll go check on him,” Mac said. “I can’t wait to see him.”
Mac headed for the front of the ER to get the news about Conner’s crew from the front desk staff. When the rigs went out on calls, the girls up front kept track, knowing that the ambulances would often be returning with patients for the ER staff.
“Hey, Lisa,” Mac greeted as he came to the reception desk. “Where’s Dixon’s crew?”
“Hi, Mac.” Lisa gave him a smile. “Just heading back. Code blue at one of the nursing homes.”
“If you see him before I do, tell him I want to talk to him.”
She grinned. “He told me that you might leave that message.”
Mac shook his head. This kid was something.
“So you saw the dog?”
“Yeah. He carried it through the main doors so everyone would see it.”
“Okay, be honest—is it sweet? Sara will like it?” He already knew the answer. Sara would be flattered by Conner’s attention but would take it as nothing more than a compliment. Mac wasn’t worried. But he had a theory going and he wanted to test it with Lisa.
“Of course it’s sweet,” Lisa said. “Any woman would love to have a guy try so hard to win her over.”
“Even if she’s already with another guy?”
“Even better,” Lisa assured him. “Having two great guys crazy about you is a fantastic fantasy.”
Uh, huh. So far his theory was working out.
“So tell me, what’s wrong with him?” Mac asked. “Why can’t he get a girl of his own? A single girl?”
Lisa laughed. “There’s nothing wrong with him. Conner’s got it all. He’s hot, sexy, heroic, funny—and obviously romantic.”
Yep. That was part of the theory. Conner was showing his charming, romantic side to all the women by being supposedly ga-ga over Sara. Sara—a woman who wouldn’t expect any kind of actual commitment or a promise or a diamond ring. He was winning all the women over and not making one single can’t-get-out-of-it-later promise. He was essentially seducing them all without any expectations of next day phone calls.
It was kind of brilliant.
“Do all the women hate Sara?” he asked. The women in his life—his friends’ wives and sisters—weren’t the jealous types but he worked around enough women in the hospital to know all about female envy.
“No,” Lisa assured him. “Everyone loves Sara. Because she’s never going to actually have Conner.”
“Damn right.”
“But I will say, he’s set the bar high. Sara’s also got it all. The next girl he actually asks out should feel pretty good about herself.”
Mac groaned inwardly. And Conner was setting it up so all the women he did finally pay attention to would be totally flattered.
“Plus, watching a guy flirt with another girl calls attention to him—and how cute and sexy he is. It makes you automatically judge whether or not you would say yes to him.”
“How does Dixon do most of the time?”
Lisa gave him an I-know-you-already-know-the-answer-to-this look. “He could have any single woman in this hospital.”
Exactly as Mac suspected. Conner was setting himself up to be able to just snap his fingers and have woman all over him.
Definitely brilliant.
“I want to see him the minute he gets back.”
Lisa gave Mac a wink. “I’ll tell him”
“Mac!” Kevin shouted from the doorway. “Let’s go. Got a call.”
“See ya’,” he called to Lisa as he broke into a jog. “Where we goin’?” he asked as he hit the break room.
No one said anything. They were all looking at Sam. Sam looked like he was about to be sick.
Mac was instantly concerned. “What the fuck, Bradford?”
Sam swallowed, with obvious effort. “It’s a fire.”
“Where?” Dooley demanded.
Mac felt his gut clench before Sam said the words.
“Fifteen seventeen Washington.”
Everyone stopped breathing for just a moment. They knew that address. Very well. It was the address for the Bradford Youth Center.
Part Two
The crew all reacted at once.
“I’ll go check on him,” Mac said. “I can’t wait to see him.”
Mac headed for the front of the ER to get the news about Conner’s crew from the front desk staff. When the rigs went out on calls, the girls up front kept track, knowing that the ambulances would often be returning with patients for the ER staff.
“Hey, Lisa,” Mac greeted as he came to the reception desk. “Where’s Dixon’s crew?”
“Hi, Mac.” Lisa gave him a smile. “Just heading back. Code blue at one of the nursing homes.”
“If you see him before I do, tell him I want to talk to him.”
She grinned. “He told me that you might leave that message.”
Mac shook his head. This kid was something.
“So you saw the dog?”
“Yeah. He carried it through the main doors so everyone would see it.”
“Okay, be honest—is it sweet? Sara will like it?” He already knew the answer. Sara would be flattered by Conner’s attention but would take it as nothing more than a compliment. Mac wasn’t worried. But he had a theory going and he wanted to test it with Lisa.
“Of course it’s sweet,” Lisa said. “Any woman would love to have a guy try so hard to win her over.”
“Even if she’s already with another guy?”
“Even better,” Lisa assured him. “Having two great guys crazy about you is a fantastic fantasy.”
Uh, huh. So far his theory was working out.
“So tell me, what’s wrong with him?” Mac asked. “Why can’t he get a girl of his own? A single girl?”
Lisa laughed. “There’s nothing wrong with him. Conner’s got it all. He’s hot, sexy, heroic, funny—and obviously romantic.”
Yep. That was part of the theory. Conner was showing his charming, romantic side to all the women by being supposedly ga-ga over Sara. Sara—a woman who wouldn’t expect any kind of actual commitment or a promise or a diamond ring. He was winning all the women over and not making one single can’t-get-out-of-it-later promise. He was essentially seducing them all without any expectations of next day phone calls.
It was kind of brilliant.
“Do all the women hate Sara?” he asked. The women in his life—his friends’ wives and sisters—weren’t the jealous types but he worked around enough women in the hospital to know all about female envy.
“No,” Lisa assured him. “Everyone loves Sara. Because she’s never going to actually have Conner.”
“Damn right.”
“But I will say, he’s set the bar high. Sara’s also got it all. The next girl he actually asks out should feel pretty good about herself.”
Mac groaned inwardly. And Conner was setting it up so all the women he did finally pay attention to would be totally flattered.
“Plus, watching a guy flirt with another girl calls attention to him—and how cute and sexy he is. It makes you automatically judge whether or not you would say yes to him.”
“How does Dixon do most of the time?”
Lisa gave him an I-know-you-already-know-the-answer-to-this look. “He could have any single woman in this hospital.”
Exactly as Mac suspected. Conner was setting himself up to be able to just snap his fingers and have woman all over him.
Definitely brilliant.
“I want to see him the minute he gets back.”
Lisa gave Mac a wink. “I’ll tell him”
“Mac!” Kevin shouted from the doorway. “Let’s go. Got a call.”
“See ya’,” he called to Lisa as he broke into a jog. “Where we goin’?” he asked as he hit the break room.
No one said anything. They were all looking at Sam. Sam looked like he was about to be sick.
Mac was instantly concerned. “What the fuck, Bradford?”
Sam swallowed, with obvious effort. “It’s a fire.”
“Where?” Dooley demanded.
Mac felt his gut clench before Sam said the words.
“Fifteen seventeen Washington.”
Everyone stopped breathing for just a moment. They knew that address. Very well. It was the address for the Bradford Youth Center.
Part Two
The crew all reacted at once.
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