Mail Order Bride: A Bride for the Doctor (Bozeman Brides Book 4) by Emily Woods Page B
Authors: Emily Woods
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bidding, never knowing the havoc he was about to create.
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K ate Buchanan unwrapped her sandwich and opened the newspaper to the want ads. In just under two months she would receive her diploma from the Brooklyn Hospital School of Nursing, so she’d been scouring the ads for weeks. As soon as she was able, she wanted to get a job of her own and move out of her parents’ home. Life there was unbearable.
She took a bite of her simple cheese sandwich more to garner sustenance than because of actual hunger. As she chewed, she ruminated about her circumstances.
Ever since her two older siblings had left for positions far away, life had gone from bad to worse. It had never been a happy household, not even in the best of times, but with just her parents at home, everything was so much worse. Her father’s drinking was increasing and her mother’s long, cold silences became longer and colder. The only time the two talked to each other was to shout over money. They weren’t exactly poor, but her mother spent more than they could afford. Thankfully her grandmother had provided for her education, and she would be forever grateful.
Her eyes skimmed the page and stopped at an ad that was slightly larger than the others. Her heart beat a little faster as she realized it was a posting for a nurse, but it was in Montana. Could she do that? Could she move that far away from everything she knew?
After a little thought, she realized that there was no harm in applying. Since her family life was so miserable, leaving her parents didn’t bother her, but she did have a few friends. It would be sad to leave them behind, but the postings in New York were few, and everyone in her class was already out looking for jobs. Some had the advantage of knowing people in the hospitals here, and others had strong recommendations. Although she was finishing with good grades, she was not at the top of her class, so potential employers had not paid much attention to her application. Also, she knew that she came off a little cold, and that possibly prevented her from receiving any offers.
It seemed that this ad couldn’t have come at a better time. She would send off a letter today and let this Doctor Wilson know that she was interested in his posting. With a little luck, she might be off on a grand adventure in the Wild West shortly after she graduated. The more that she thought about it, the more she felt that putting a fair bit of distance between herself and her parents was possibly the best thing that could happen to her.
Chapter 2
G eoff considered himself a patient man by nature, but the slowness of the post suddenly irritated him to no end. There hadn’t been even one letter yet and he’d sent his own ad nearly five weeks ago. Theo, Jackson and Wes had all received letters to their ads no later than a month after posting them. Was his ad so unappealing that no one would respond? Had the people at the newspaper bungled his address?
These thoughts and more raced through his mind as he travelled the short distance down the main street to the post office to retrieve his mail. Occasionally there was a letter from his mother begging him to come home to Minnesota, but he was happy here, pursing his dream as a doctor in his own right instead of working for years under a superior doctor who would give him all the less desirable appointments and possibly not even leave him the practice when he retired.
No, as hard as his life was out here, he much preferred it to anything that Minnesota had to offer. He would work hard, hopefully get married and eventually earn the trust of the people here. That was his dream.
When he entered the almost empty post office, the clerk looked up from his work.
“Got one for you today, Doc,” he announced with a grin. He extended the envelope as though it were a gift, and indeed, Geoff took it as such. He didn’t even wait until he was back in his office to see what it contained, but tore it open right
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K ate Buchanan unwrapped her sandwich and opened the newspaper to the want ads. In just under two months she would receive her diploma from the Brooklyn Hospital School of Nursing, so she’d been scouring the ads for weeks. As soon as she was able, she wanted to get a job of her own and move out of her parents’ home. Life there was unbearable.
She took a bite of her simple cheese sandwich more to garner sustenance than because of actual hunger. As she chewed, she ruminated about her circumstances.
Ever since her two older siblings had left for positions far away, life had gone from bad to worse. It had never been a happy household, not even in the best of times, but with just her parents at home, everything was so much worse. Her father’s drinking was increasing and her mother’s long, cold silences became longer and colder. The only time the two talked to each other was to shout over money. They weren’t exactly poor, but her mother spent more than they could afford. Thankfully her grandmother had provided for her education, and she would be forever grateful.
Her eyes skimmed the page and stopped at an ad that was slightly larger than the others. Her heart beat a little faster as she realized it was a posting for a nurse, but it was in Montana. Could she do that? Could she move that far away from everything she knew?
After a little thought, she realized that there was no harm in applying. Since her family life was so miserable, leaving her parents didn’t bother her, but she did have a few friends. It would be sad to leave them behind, but the postings in New York were few, and everyone in her class was already out looking for jobs. Some had the advantage of knowing people in the hospitals here, and others had strong recommendations. Although she was finishing with good grades, she was not at the top of her class, so potential employers had not paid much attention to her application. Also, she knew that she came off a little cold, and that possibly prevented her from receiving any offers.
It seemed that this ad couldn’t have come at a better time. She would send off a letter today and let this Doctor Wilson know that she was interested in his posting. With a little luck, she might be off on a grand adventure in the Wild West shortly after she graduated. The more that she thought about it, the more she felt that putting a fair bit of distance between herself and her parents was possibly the best thing that could happen to her.
Chapter 2
G eoff considered himself a patient man by nature, but the slowness of the post suddenly irritated him to no end. There hadn’t been even one letter yet and he’d sent his own ad nearly five weeks ago. Theo, Jackson and Wes had all received letters to their ads no later than a month after posting them. Was his ad so unappealing that no one would respond? Had the people at the newspaper bungled his address?
These thoughts and more raced through his mind as he travelled the short distance down the main street to the post office to retrieve his mail. Occasionally there was a letter from his mother begging him to come home to Minnesota, but he was happy here, pursing his dream as a doctor in his own right instead of working for years under a superior doctor who would give him all the less desirable appointments and possibly not even leave him the practice when he retired.
No, as hard as his life was out here, he much preferred it to anything that Minnesota had to offer. He would work hard, hopefully get married and eventually earn the trust of the people here. That was his dream.
When he entered the almost empty post office, the clerk looked up from his work.
“Got one for you today, Doc,” he announced with a grin. He extended the envelope as though it were a gift, and indeed, Geoff took it as such. He didn’t even wait until he was back in his office to see what it contained, but tore it open right
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