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“We have an incoe You’re up”

The nurse’s words pulled me frohts duringawake at a moment’s notice, ready to set a bone, stitch a wound, or save a life I chose e nature of the cases

“On my way,” I told the head nurse, Melanie Gibbons

“They’re two minutes out,” she read fro was all the info I got, think Bobby has a new trainee with her today” Melanie shook her head and rolled her eyes “Lord save us from newbies” With those words, Melanie shuffled off

I poured a shot of cold coffee down h ency department, my ho for eighteen months was my home away from home The ER was my home Period I spent on than I did at the place I paid a e for and where I received my mail

When I’d find the tiy to rip up the floors and replace the, and, well, a lot of other things that were needed to make the house my ultimate bachelor pad, I had no idea It was time to face reality: this wasn’t a task I could finish on days off, not unless I illing to wait a decade to turn that place into a home I knew exactly who to call

“Hannah, I need your help”

Silence reigned, followed by the sound of h “Hello, dear brother I’m well, how are you?”

I sighed and pinched the bridge of ”

“Nice excuse for poor phone manners What do you need?”

“I’ to finish my house on my own” It was a major admission on my part, and I braced myself for her response

“Youwomen in the city doesn’t allow for a lot of ti”

I ignored her ht, okay? I don’t have the time”

“Or the expertise,” she added with a laugh

“That’s not the point,” I growled into the phone as the ambulance sirens drew closer “I need someone, a professional”