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wit to find out what room a Mr. Stevens is in. I know most of the nurses in the emergency department, since we often help out with transporting victims, so it shouldn’t be too hard. Stopping at the gift shop outside the main entrance, I pick up a ‘get well soon’ balloon and a teddy bear. It’s probably incredibly silly and cheesy, but hey, that’s just the kind of guy I am. Once I reach the nurses station, all I do is mention that it was a call from the day before and I’m in. Michael Stevens is in Room 48.
    Here goes nothing.

 
    CHAPTER 5
     
     
    AUBREY
    We’ve been waiting in the room with Dad for a while now. After they told us that he’s going to be fine, Mom and I decided to go home to get some sleep before coming back this morning. We’re waiting on the doctors to come in and talk with us. And I still haven’t spoken to Landon. I’ve left him multiple voice messages and texts, and Mom has even tried calling, but to no avail. Clearly, he’s shutting us out. I pick up my phone, thinking about trying to call him one more time, when there’s a knock at the door. Assuming it’s the doctor, I drop my phone back in my purse.
    But it isn’t a doctor who walks in. It’s Noah.
    “Hey, Aubrey! I’m so sorry to drop by unannounced, but I wanted to see how your dad was feeling, and find out if there was anything I could do for you guys.” He has a balloon in one hand and a teddy bear in the other, setting them both on the cart next to my dad’s bed. I sit there in silence, maybe even a little in shock as he holds his hand out to my dad.
    “Noah Davis, sir. It’s a pleasure to meet you. How are you feeling?”
    “Mike Stevens. I’m doing well, thanks for asking. I take it you and Aubrey know each other?”
    “Yeah. We met several weeks ago when we literally ran into each other at a bar downtown. And I was actually one of the firefighters who assisted with the call yesterday.”
    “He was also one of the firefighters who gave the kids the tour the other day at the fire station. He was awesome with the kids,” I explain to my mom, who is clearly confused.
    “Oh, where are my manners. Noah Davis, ma’am. It’s a pleasure to meet you.” Noah reaches out to shake my mom’s hand, who smiles back at him.
    “Sharon. Nice to meet you.” She looks over at me with a knowing grin on her face. I can already tell she’s getting her hopes up, because that’s how my mom is. When she and my dad were my age, they were already married. And she had never liked my ex-boyfriend from college. He was a jackass though, so she wasn’t entirely wrong.
    “Aubrey, could I speak with you privately for a moment? I promise I won’t take up too much of your time. I just need to ask you something really quick.”
    “Yeah, sure. I’ll be right back, Daddy.” I lean over and kiss my dad on the cheek.
    “No rush, baby girl. Noah, it was nice to meet you.”
    “Nice to meet you too, Mike. I hope you feel better.” Noah places his hand on the small of my back as he ushers me out of the room, pulling me over to the small waiting room nearby. He motions for me to sit down, and when I do he takes a seat next to me. He has another freaking baseball hat on backwards, and he smells so good, like he just showered. I’m tempted to stick my nose into the crook of his neck and take a big whiff, but instead I just sit there, waiting to see what he wants to talk about.
    “I’m sorry for dropping by like this, but I just wanted to see how you were doing. I know yesterday was probably really difficult, and I wanted to make sure you were okay.” He looks so genuine I almost can’t believe this guy is real.
    “Seriously?” I can’t help the disbelief in my voice.
    “Seriously.” He smiles at me and reaches over to take my hand, lacing our fingers together. Resting our hands on his thigh, he looks at me, waiting for me to speak.
    “I’m doing okay. Relieved it wasn’t anything worse. We’re still waiting for his oncologist to