ride home in this modestly?”
He looked down and scanned her legs.
“Unfortunately, yes.”
She laughed and hit him playfully on
the arm. Just as they were leaving, Ashley Davis came through the cafeteria
door with Dr. Rick Penman.
“Nick! How nice to run into you
again,” Ashley exclaimed with such enthusiasm Hanna wanted to groan. “I keep
missing you when you pick up Dr. Wallace.” Oh, how fortuitous, Hanna thought
snidely once again. “Doctor, isn’t your car working?”
“It’s limping along,” Hanna replied.
“I better run. See you later, Nick. Have a good trip into Seattle.”
“Hanna! Wait up!”
Nick watched Doctor Penman leave
Ashley’s side and hurry after Hanna, chasing her into the elevator.
Ashley was watching Nick just as
closely. “Doctor Penman works in ER with Doctor Wallace. He’s a resident
doctor. Rumor has it he’s got it bad for her.”
Nick turned to look down at the petite
woman he’d dated once or twice in high school. “Got it bad?”
Ashley smiled up sweetly at him. “He
has a crush on Hanna.”
“Isn’t he a little old for a crush?”
The ER nurse shrugged. “Well, Doctor
Wallace is still single after all these years.” Nick turned to walk away with a
snort of disgust. Ashley touched his forearm. “Where are you off to? I was just
about to take my lunch break. Want to join me?”
He shook his head and smiled absently.
“I just had lunch with Hanna. I’ve got to catch the one o’clock ferry to
Seattle.”
“What’s in Seattle?”
“A friend.”
“Male or female?”
“The former,” he responded
impatiently.
“I hear you’re home for a while. Why
don’t we go out for a drink some evening after I get off work.” Nick began to
shake his head negatively, so she quickly added, “Doctor Wallace can join us.
We usually work the same shift.”
“We’ll see, Ashley.” Nick checked his
watch. “I really need to get going if I’m going to catch that ferry. Have a
nice lunch.”
The nurse lingered in the doorway to
the cafeteria until he was no longer in sight. One of the other nurses she had
gone to high school with walked up to her.
“Too bad you let that one get away,
Ashley. He’s still as good looking as he was in high school. No, better, I
think. Bet you wouldn’t have wanted to divorce him.”
“Bet I wouldn’t have, either,” she
replied regretfully.
CHAPTER 7
“WE’RE GOING TO NEED A ZODIAC for
diving. It’s more convenient than using your sailboat or one of Lance’s. I need
some scuba gear and specialized equipment, too.”
Hanna was sitting next to Nick in
Lance’s Jeep. He was taking her to work again, as he had every day this week.
The soft top was up, much to her relief. Arriving at work windblown was
inconvenient. So far, though, Nick had been very considerate about it.
She glanced over at him as she sipped
the espresso they had just stopped to buy. “Where are you going to get a rubber
boat? Lance’s was never found.”
“I’m going over to Whidbey Island. I
can requisition the gear I need at the Naval Air Station there. I think I’ll
take Lance’s speedboat over and tow the Zodiac back. They;re pretty good sized.”
He turned to look at her. “I wish you had the day off so you could go with me.”
“That would be nice,” she said
wistfully.
“You work too many hours.”
“Look who’s talking. What kind of
hours do you keep, Colonel?”
“Not eight hour ones, for sure.” He
shot her a glance. “It gets old, doesn’t it?”
“If you mean all work and no play, it
sure does.”
She was angled in the seat so she
could look at him as he drove. It was an indulgence she allowed herself every
time he took her to and from work. She loved observing him. She’d had so little
opportunity over the past twenty years. And he was so very easy on the eyes!
Today, he was wearing jeans and a navy
blue pullover sweater, with another golf shirt beneath it. She could see by the
collar, it was maroon. It
He looked down and scanned her legs.
“Unfortunately, yes.”
She laughed and hit him playfully on
the arm. Just as they were leaving, Ashley Davis came through the cafeteria
door with Dr. Rick Penman.
“Nick! How nice to run into you
again,” Ashley exclaimed with such enthusiasm Hanna wanted to groan. “I keep
missing you when you pick up Dr. Wallace.” Oh, how fortuitous, Hanna thought
snidely once again. “Doctor, isn’t your car working?”
“It’s limping along,” Hanna replied.
“I better run. See you later, Nick. Have a good trip into Seattle.”
“Hanna! Wait up!”
Nick watched Doctor Penman leave
Ashley’s side and hurry after Hanna, chasing her into the elevator.
Ashley was watching Nick just as
closely. “Doctor Penman works in ER with Doctor Wallace. He’s a resident
doctor. Rumor has it he’s got it bad for her.”
Nick turned to look down at the petite
woman he’d dated once or twice in high school. “Got it bad?”
Ashley smiled up sweetly at him. “He
has a crush on Hanna.”
“Isn’t he a little old for a crush?”
The ER nurse shrugged. “Well, Doctor
Wallace is still single after all these years.” Nick turned to walk away with a
snort of disgust. Ashley touched his forearm. “Where are you off to? I was just
about to take my lunch break. Want to join me?”
He shook his head and smiled absently.
“I just had lunch with Hanna. I’ve got to catch the one o’clock ferry to
Seattle.”
“What’s in Seattle?”
“A friend.”
“Male or female?”
“The former,” he responded
impatiently.
“I hear you’re home for a while. Why
don’t we go out for a drink some evening after I get off work.” Nick began to
shake his head negatively, so she quickly added, “Doctor Wallace can join us.
We usually work the same shift.”
“We’ll see, Ashley.” Nick checked his
watch. “I really need to get going if I’m going to catch that ferry. Have a
nice lunch.”
The nurse lingered in the doorway to
the cafeteria until he was no longer in sight. One of the other nurses she had
gone to high school with walked up to her.
“Too bad you let that one get away,
Ashley. He’s still as good looking as he was in high school. No, better, I
think. Bet you wouldn’t have wanted to divorce him.”
“Bet I wouldn’t have, either,” she
replied regretfully.
CHAPTER 7
“WE’RE GOING TO NEED A ZODIAC for
diving. It’s more convenient than using your sailboat or one of Lance’s. I need
some scuba gear and specialized equipment, too.”
Hanna was sitting next to Nick in
Lance’s Jeep. He was taking her to work again, as he had every day this week.
The soft top was up, much to her relief. Arriving at work windblown was
inconvenient. So far, though, Nick had been very considerate about it.
She glanced over at him as she sipped
the espresso they had just stopped to buy. “Where are you going to get a rubber
boat? Lance’s was never found.”
“I’m going over to Whidbey Island. I
can requisition the gear I need at the Naval Air Station there. I think I’ll
take Lance’s speedboat over and tow the Zodiac back. They;re pretty good sized.”
He turned to look at her. “I wish you had the day off so you could go with me.”
“That would be nice,” she said
wistfully.
“You work too many hours.”
“Look who’s talking. What kind of
hours do you keep, Colonel?”
“Not eight hour ones, for sure.” He
shot her a glance. “It gets old, doesn’t it?”
“If you mean all work and no play, it
sure does.”
She was angled in the seat so she
could look at him as he drove. It was an indulgence she allowed herself every
time he took her to and from work. She loved observing him. She’d had so little
opportunity over the past twenty years. And he was so very easy on the eyes!
Today, he was wearing jeans and a navy
blue pullover sweater, with another golf shirt beneath it. She could see by the
collar, it was maroon. It
Similar Books
