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Chapter Seven
As I made my way into my office wearing a grin like the cat who’d caught the canary, I considered my actions of the night before. I may have acted out of character, but I didn’t regret making love to Joshua Hanson. I’d at least made certain that I had his full name, place of birth, size of family, and birthday before I fell into bed with him. That had to stand for something.
My body still tingled from his touch. My heart still swelled from his words. For the first time in my life, I was really and truly in love. So many people never find the kind of love that we had. It was an amazing thing. What was even more amazing was how quickly it happened. It was literally overnight!
“Do you believe in love at first sight?” I asked when Chris entered with a cup of coffee and some Danish.
“You were supposed to check in with either me or Roger. I spoke with Roger and he did
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“She’s coming around,” Chris said through the darkness.I could hear her talking with people nearby, but I was unable to open my eyes or utter a word. I eventually gained control of my hand and raised it to my neck. There was a thick bandage on it. I tried to force my tongue and vocal cords to cooperate and ask what was happening, but all I could get out was a long groan.“Gertrude, this is Dr. Mokena. Your friends say that you were attacked by a feral dog. You are in St. Peter’s Hospital. Can you open your eyes?” I heard in the distance.The first thing that came to mind was the question of why Dr. Mokena was in the hospital room with me. She was a therapist, not a surgeon. I searched my memory bank while I tried to grab bits and pieces of what happened, but it was blank. The only things I could pull up was Joshua’s horrific idea of a sexy interlude in the alle
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I inherently knew that the taxicab I’d spotted coming up the long drive was delivering my two friends. By the time I’d managed to make my way to the porch, it was parked in the circular driveway at the bottom of the steps with Chris, Roger, and Peter climbing out. I looked for Tom, but saw no sign of him. Chris must have noticed because she shrugged and smiled. It wasn’t unusual for Tom to stay behind when we got together. We had very little in common and, although Roger, Pete, and I tolerated him, we often wondered what Chris saw in him. To me, their relationship validated the saying that opposites attract.Roger stopped to take in the view while Chris bounded up the stairs to wrap her arms around me.“I’m still a little sore,” I warned her as she spread her arms wide.“You have no idea how badly I’ve wanted to do this,” she said as she gently hugged me. “My ga
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I slipped in and out of sleep for what I assumed was a few days. It was difficult to keep track of time in an environment with no windows and florescent lighting. At some point, Joshua saw fit to remove the IV from me and let me get up on my own to use the bathroom facilities and stretch my legs. They’d taken my clothes and replaced them with the standard, open backed hospital gowns. During one of the rare instances when I found myself alone, I searched my room for my clothes, but came up empty. Someone was going to great pains to make sure that I stayed put. I assumed that someone was Joshua.I hadn’t dreamt of Marc since I’d pushed him away in anger, which was why I was so surprised when his face popped into my head while I was fully awake. Not only could I clearly see him, but I could hear him as well.“Gertie, please listen to me. Joshua isn’t who he says he is. You need to get
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