Mending the Doctor's Heart
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“You have to say that, don’t you?” Bitterness laced her tone.
“I don’t have to say anything,” he replied. “And I can’t say more than that. Like I said, discretion is part of the job.”
“Of course it is.” She smiled tightly. “Well, thanks again.”
She put the car into gear and pulled away, her tires crunching along the drive.
James was no longer a smitten teen. He’d never acted on his crush on Isabel because Andrew was dating her, but her cruelty was what doused his feelings for her. She was heartless and self-centered.
Would it have been different if she’d had the compassion to sit down and talk to Andrew instead of publicly mocking him? People broke up all the time, and it didn’t end their lives. Would Andrew have made different choices, maybe been more careful over there in the war zone, if her cruelty hadn’t pushed him out of town early? She hadn’t remembered him—and it made him wonder if Andrew had slipped from her memory, as well.
He’d do his job. He’d give her the advice her father wanted her to have, and he’d provide legal counsel should she require it. But after that, Isabel Baxter was on her own.
Copyright © 2017 by Patty Froese Ntihemuka
ISBN-13: 9781488012068
Mending the Doctor’s Heart
Copyright © 2017 by Sophia Sasson
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