I woke up after being unconscious for three days, and a nurse whispered, “The blood prepared for you was used in your husband’s ex-wife’s surgery.”
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Chapter 17 - Someone Unexpected Waited DownstairsTwo years after the accident, I was preparing for a foundation fundraiser when Emily entered my office smiling suspiciously.
“There’s someone downstairs.”
“Reporter?”
“No.”
“Donor?”
“No.”
“Then why are you smiling?”
“You’ll see.”
Downstairs stood Dr. Samuel Price.
The surgeon who had saved my life.
He held two coffees.
“I owe you one,” he said.
“For what?”
“Technically, you owe me several liters of blood.”
I laughed.
It surprised both of us.
Samuel had left Vance Harbor after the scandal and joined a trauma center.
We began talking.
Then having coffee.
Then dinner.
Nothing happened quickly.
That mattered.
May you like
He never demanded trust.
He allowed it to grow.
