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. She almosttold him she was suspended, but bit it back.She wanted to talk about more happy things right now -not bitch about work.They each picked out some food from the cafeteria.Emma ravenous, got a turkey sandwich,fries, a big salad, some cottage cheese, a large coke, and a brownie for dessert. Jerry laughed at her. I never thought you d out-eat me Em. I gotta eat now, while I have the chance.Who knows if I ll come back down for food onceCraig is awake. She smiled at his ribbing.She had missed Jerry.She remembered something. Jerry,you had news for me the other day? What was it? Oh, yeah! I met someone! His enthusiastic smile pulled Emma right in. You mean you met someone you really like? And not just one of your bed-buddies? Sheasked incredulously.Jerry didn t seem to ever want to settle down, and he seemed to have an endlesssupply of women friends , most of whom had been in his bed at one time or another. Well, yeah, I do really like her, and I haven t even slept with her yet, he joked. Buthonestly, it might be over before it really gets started. He was still smiling, so Emma wasn t sure ifhe was still joking or not. Over, why? Well, she s too classy.I get all self-conscious around her.It s making me uncomfortable. Emma was confused. Too classy? She s a theoretical physicist.An actual scientist! And a genius. He leaned forward,whispering. And she s loaded.She drives a Jaguar. Emma started working on her sandwich and mulled this over.She didn t know what to think ofthis information.She definitely didn t sound like Jerry s usual type.He tended towards hard-working,hard-drinking women, and never got serious with any of them.He always seemed out for just fun andhe liked women that seemed out for the same thing.He sat back, rubbing his bald head. I don t know why she agreed to date me in the first place.I met her at the library - you know, the big one downtown.We had a call there but it turned out to benothing.Some lady thought she swallowed a bee and she was allergic, but she never had a reaction.We sat around watching her and joking with her for 20 minutes, and then Beth went in the back to talkto her brother-in-law who works there.So I was just sitting there in the microfiche room waiting forBeth to come back and I couldn t keep my eyes off her.From the back she looked like my kind of woman, you know? And then when she came up to the desk we locked eyes and her eyes are the samecolor as yours Em.I ve never seen anyone with eyes that light blue color other than you so I stared ather.I thought she was going to get offended but I still couldn t tear my eyes off her.Instead she smiledand then came over and talked to me. Emma laughed.Typical Jerry, meeting women everywhere he went.His lean runner s body,paramedic uniform, and completely bald head apparently lured them in like flies to honey.Emma hadseen it with her own eyes many times. I asked her out after my shift and she agreed.She s just in town doing research.We went outto lunch and she s really amazing and interesting, but I just keep feeling like I m out of my league withher.I mean, I went out and bought these pants today so I wouldn t wear jeans again! Emma stopped eating long enough to lean forward and try to encourage Jerry. Look Jerry,any woman would be lucky to have you, even a rich theoretical physicist.If you like her, then don tworry about it, she told him, trying to telegraph the same thing with her eyes.Jerry sighed. I know, that s what I keep telling myself. Emma laughed around forkfuls of cottage cheese. She s actually going to meet me here at 11:30.That s why I have to go.We are going winetasting. Wine tasting? Emma had never seen Jerry drink wine. At noon? Yeah, I know right? Apparently that s the best time. Jerry started to look around, watching for his new friend. You tell me what you think of herwhen I call you later Em. OK Jerry, you know I will. Jerry hopped up in his seat. There she is! He waved his arms. Vivian, Vivian, over here! Emma craned her neck, very curious about this woman.Vivian smiled and waved back atJerry, revealing a flash of white teeth. She s gorgeous Jerry, Emma whispered. I know, way too gorgeous, Jerry whispered back. She looked to be about Emma s height, with long, brown, wavy, hair held together in a looseclip over one shoulder.She had a perfect, light complexion and wide-set, large eyes.As she gotcloser, Emma was immediately struck by the sense of class and grace she exuded.Emma could seewhat Jerry was talking about right away.Everything about the woman said money.From her movie-star body to her perfectly shaped eyebrows plus her expensive silk scarf and black, leather knee-boots over dark slacks.Her makeup was simple though, and her only jewelry was small gem earringsin each ear.She made it to the table and gave Jerry a small kiss on the cheek, then turned to Emma. Vivian, this is my best friend in the world and partner, Emma Hill.Emma this is VivianDashell. Emma winced at the word partner, but shoved it out of her mind.She wanted to soak upimpressions of Vivian to share with Jerry later.She smiled and held out her hand.Vivian grasped it lightly, but didn t shake it. Emma, dear, I ve heard so much about you.I amso happy to finally meet you. Emma was struck with how much Vivian s eyes did exactly copy her own unique shade oflight blue. Hi Vivian, it s nice to meet you too.Can you sit down? Vivian looked at Jerry, eyebrows raised. We do have to go to get out to the winery by noon,but maybe we have a few minutes. She sat down and smiled. Emma, what are you doing here in the hospital? Are you workinghere today? No, my, uh, boyfriend is in the ICU.He got hurt at work a few days ago. Oh no, that s horrible, is he going to be alright? Vivian s eyebrows drew together in whatseemed to be genuine concern.Emma liked her already. Yes, I think he is, She leaned back and sighed. I really do think he ll be OK. The phone Hawk had given her buzzed.Emma wasn t sure if she should answer it or not.Sheturned it over and a text message popped up on the screen.Emma couldn t help but read it.Hawk. He s awake.The doctors are done.You can come back. Oh, Jerry, Vivian, I m so sorry but I have to go.Jerry, he s awake, she squeezed Jerry s armtoo hard. You guys have a great time. She rushed away from the table without waiting for them torespond, weaving between neighboring tables as fast as she could.She ran to the elevator andjammed the button a dozen times. Hurry, hurry. The elevator came and she filed in, not waiting for anyone else, but jamming the close doorsbutton over and over.On the 12th floor she sprinted down the hall, past the agents at the door.Pulling it open, she rushed into the room.Hawk was standing at the side of the bed in mid-sentence.He stopped talking and looked up at her.She barely registered the concerned look on hisface and then looked at Craig.His eyes were open! He swung his head towards her, expression blank.She smiled and walked towards him. Craig, you re awake, how do you feel? His eyebrows drew together like he was confused.He did not seem happy to see her.In aweak and raspy voice he asked Emma What are you doing here? Hawk spoke up gently. He doesn t remember anything from about the last week.Not evengoing to work the night before he was shot. Emma pulled back like she was struck.Did that mean he didn t remember forgiving her? Chapter 9Emma felt like breaking down and crying right here.Or turning tail and running.Just hitting thetrail and running out all this frustration and fear and anger.Frustration at having Craig stolen from heragain [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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. She almosttold him she was suspended, but bit it back.She wanted to talk about more happy things right now -not bitch about work.They each picked out some food from the cafeteria.Emma ravenous, got a turkey sandwich,fries, a big salad, some cottage cheese, a large coke, and a brownie for dessert. Jerry laughed at her. I never thought you d out-eat me Em. I gotta eat now, while I have the chance.Who knows if I ll come back down for food onceCraig is awake. She smiled at his ribbing.She had missed Jerry.She remembered something. Jerry,you had news for me the other day? What was it? Oh, yeah! I met someone! His enthusiastic smile pulled Emma right in. You mean you met someone you really like? And not just one of your bed-buddies? Sheasked incredulously.Jerry didn t seem to ever want to settle down, and he seemed to have an endlesssupply of women friends , most of whom had been in his bed at one time or another. Well, yeah, I do really like her, and I haven t even slept with her yet, he joked. Buthonestly, it might be over before it really gets started. He was still smiling, so Emma wasn t sure ifhe was still joking or not. Over, why? Well, she s too classy.I get all self-conscious around her.It s making me uncomfortable. Emma was confused. Too classy? She s a theoretical physicist.An actual scientist! And a genius. He leaned forward,whispering. And she s loaded.She drives a Jaguar. Emma started working on her sandwich and mulled this over.She didn t know what to think ofthis information.She definitely didn t sound like Jerry s usual type.He tended towards hard-working,hard-drinking women, and never got serious with any of them.He always seemed out for just fun andhe liked women that seemed out for the same thing.He sat back, rubbing his bald head. I don t know why she agreed to date me in the first place.I met her at the library - you know, the big one downtown.We had a call there but it turned out to benothing.Some lady thought she swallowed a bee and she was allergic, but she never had a reaction.We sat around watching her and joking with her for 20 minutes, and then Beth went in the back to talkto her brother-in-law who works there.So I was just sitting there in the microfiche room waiting forBeth to come back and I couldn t keep my eyes off her.From the back she looked like my kind of woman, you know? And then when she came up to the desk we locked eyes and her eyes are the samecolor as yours Em.I ve never seen anyone with eyes that light blue color other than you so I stared ather.I thought she was going to get offended but I still couldn t tear my eyes off her.Instead she smiledand then came over and talked to me. Emma laughed.Typical Jerry, meeting women everywhere he went.His lean runner s body,paramedic uniform, and completely bald head apparently lured them in like flies to honey.Emma hadseen it with her own eyes many times. I asked her out after my shift and she agreed.She s just in town doing research.We went outto lunch and she s really amazing and interesting, but I just keep feeling like I m out of my league withher.I mean, I went out and bought these pants today so I wouldn t wear jeans again! Emma stopped eating long enough to lean forward and try to encourage Jerry. Look Jerry,any woman would be lucky to have you, even a rich theoretical physicist.If you like her, then don tworry about it, she told him, trying to telegraph the same thing with her eyes.Jerry sighed. I know, that s what I keep telling myself. Emma laughed around forkfuls of cottage cheese. She s actually going to meet me here at 11:30.That s why I have to go.We are going winetasting. Wine tasting? Emma had never seen Jerry drink wine. At noon? Yeah, I know right? Apparently that s the best time. Jerry started to look around, watching for his new friend. You tell me what you think of herwhen I call you later Em. OK Jerry, you know I will. Jerry hopped up in his seat. There she is! He waved his arms. Vivian, Vivian, over here! Emma craned her neck, very curious about this woman.Vivian smiled and waved back atJerry, revealing a flash of white teeth. She s gorgeous Jerry, Emma whispered. I know, way too gorgeous, Jerry whispered back. She looked to be about Emma s height, with long, brown, wavy, hair held together in a looseclip over one shoulder.She had a perfect, light complexion and wide-set, large eyes.As she gotcloser, Emma was immediately struck by the sense of class and grace she exuded.Emma could seewhat Jerry was talking about right away.Everything about the woman said money.From her movie-star body to her perfectly shaped eyebrows plus her expensive silk scarf and black, leather knee-boots over dark slacks.Her makeup was simple though, and her only jewelry was small gem earringsin each ear.She made it to the table and gave Jerry a small kiss on the cheek, then turned to Emma. Vivian, this is my best friend in the world and partner, Emma Hill.Emma this is VivianDashell. Emma winced at the word partner, but shoved it out of her mind.She wanted to soak upimpressions of Vivian to share with Jerry later.She smiled and held out her hand.Vivian grasped it lightly, but didn t shake it. Emma, dear, I ve heard so much about you.I amso happy to finally meet you. Emma was struck with how much Vivian s eyes did exactly copy her own unique shade oflight blue. Hi Vivian, it s nice to meet you too.Can you sit down? Vivian looked at Jerry, eyebrows raised. We do have to go to get out to the winery by noon,but maybe we have a few minutes. She sat down and smiled. Emma, what are you doing here in the hospital? Are you workinghere today? No, my, uh, boyfriend is in the ICU.He got hurt at work a few days ago. Oh no, that s horrible, is he going to be alright? Vivian s eyebrows drew together in whatseemed to be genuine concern.Emma liked her already. Yes, I think he is, She leaned back and sighed. I really do think he ll be OK. The phone Hawk had given her buzzed.Emma wasn t sure if she should answer it or not.Sheturned it over and a text message popped up on the screen.Emma couldn t help but read it.Hawk. He s awake.The doctors are done.You can come back. Oh, Jerry, Vivian, I m so sorry but I have to go.Jerry, he s awake, she squeezed Jerry s armtoo hard. You guys have a great time. She rushed away from the table without waiting for them torespond, weaving between neighboring tables as fast as she could.She ran to the elevator andjammed the button a dozen times. Hurry, hurry. The elevator came and she filed in, not waiting for anyone else, but jamming the close doorsbutton over and over.On the 12th floor she sprinted down the hall, past the agents at the door.Pulling it open, she rushed into the room.Hawk was standing at the side of the bed in mid-sentence.He stopped talking and looked up at her.She barely registered the concerned look on hisface and then looked at Craig.His eyes were open! He swung his head towards her, expression blank.She smiled and walked towards him. Craig, you re awake, how do you feel? His eyebrows drew together like he was confused.He did not seem happy to see her.In aweak and raspy voice he asked Emma What are you doing here? Hawk spoke up gently. He doesn t remember anything from about the last week.Not evengoing to work the night before he was shot. Emma pulled back like she was struck.Did that mean he didn t remember forgiving her? Chapter 9Emma felt like breaking down and crying right here.Or turning tail and running.Just hitting thetrail and running out all this frustration and fear and anger.Frustration at having Craig stolen from heragain [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]