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for a day is stupid. I could die tomorrow."
    "There's my morbid best friend." Damon glanced up to the waitress and ordered as I watched him. The cocky bastard knew what he was talking about, and I'd have to own up to it sooner or later. I was so weary from being by myself that I could feel the loosening of my morals as he spoke.
    "What can I get you, hon?" The lady moved over toward me.
    "Whatever he's having." I handed her the menu, not sure what would show up, but it would be greasy, cheesy and covered in syrup most likely. I needed a jolt to the system, and food would just be the beginning of it all.
    "Just be friends to the public and behind closed doors, be everything you both need each other to be. Don't deny her or yourself. Turn back into that guy who used to live for passion. I know he's still deep down in there. I've seen him show his face a time or two over the last six years."
    I nodded and glanced down at my hands. "Maybe you're right. Maybe we can get out of town once a month and try to keep things undercover until then."
    "Exactly, and what's the very worst thing that could happen. Honestly. How bad could it get?"
    "I could get caught and lose my job, fuck up my reputation."
    "And what would your next step be if that happened?"
    "I'd call you and get a job at McKenzie and Bryant."
    He glanced up toward the ceiling and pressed his hands in a prayer-like state. "Please, please, please let everything get fucked up for my best friend here. I want him to work for me like I want my next breath."
    "You're an idiot." I reached over and popped his hands.
    "No. You are." He gave me a stern look. "Start living, Kendal. Do it for your folks. Do it for Mandy, for shit’s sake... do it for yourself."
    "All right. Sneaking around it is... if she agrees."
    "She'll agree." Damon smirked. "How could she not? You’re Dr. Kendal Tarrington."
    The high-pitched feminine voice was enough to make me roll my eyes and laugh. No one could cheer me up like he could, and for that... I'd keep around for another day at least.

Chapter 5
    Dana
     
     
    After another restless night of sleep, the last thing I wanted to do was head back to the hospital the next morning. I was almost looking forward to the mini-mester starting just so there would be something in my life that wasn't the hospital or my empty-ass apartment.
    The flashing lights by the ER entrance caught my attention as I drove toward my usual parking spot. Where it wasn't anything out of the ordinary to have several ambulances at the hospital, I couldn't pass up the curiosity bubbling inside of me.
    I jerked the wheel to the right and parked in the first spot I could find. After grabbing my backpack, I jogged toward the ER entrance and walked in to see a bit of mayhem.
    "Young, good." Dr. Lewis walked by the entrance and motioned for me to join him. "Multi-car pileup on I-45. We need you in trauma. Wash up and be prepared to help however we need you to."
    "Yes, sir." I jogged behind him as adrenaline filled me completely. I loved the rush of knowing I was heading into a scenario where I could help save a life. Nothing brought me to life more. Well, almost nothing. A certain handsome accounting professor seemed to have a strong pull on my emotions as well.
    I dropped my bag in a locker and ran back down the hall toward the nurses’ station.
    "Where do you need me?" I stopped in front of an older nurse who looked as steady as I felt.
    "In trauma, room ten. Wash up before you go in."
    "Absolutely." I turned and jogged back down the hallway as various other members of our staff raced about. After washing up, I walked into trauma and moved to the various requests of the doctors around me. I went from holding a clamp to monitoring someone’s vitals to helping stitch up a few cuts.
    "Where do you need me?" I walked into another room and found Dr. Lewis trying to work with the nurses as a large guy thrashed about the table.
    "I need you to help calm him. He's fighting the drugs in his