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awfully demanding for someone who needs a job, you know
that?"
    "And you assume an awful lot for someone who
seems to need a good nurse with a trauma background
quickly."
    Joel needed something quickly alright...a
drink. He absolutely could not believe he'd just offered her a job.
Yeah, he was planning on hiring a medic for the ranch next week,
but hiring a former lover for that job was way beyond what he
imagined. It could cause big trouble at the ranch, but he'd stepped
off in it now, so there was no going back.
    "You'll need to move in next week to order
supplies and set up the station, we open the week after," he told
her. "I've gotta go, I've got work to do," he said then leaned over
and kissed Jenny's cheek. "Don't go back in that house!"
    "Yes, sir," Jenny replied testily.
    "This has been a heck of a day," Terri told
Jenny with a shake of her head. "I feel like I've lived a week in a
day."
    "It'll get better, darlin...just hang in
there," her friend said and dropped an arm over her shoulders.
"Look at the bright side, you have a job now!"
    "Yeah, I have a job," Terri agreed, but she
couldn't shake the sense of impending doom that hung over her like
a black cloud. Maybe things would get better, maybe this job would
work out fine, and maybe she'd sprout wings and fly to the moon.
That was how she felt right now, and slightly stunned that she'd
agreed to go to work for Joel Rhodes.
    She'd slept with the man, no not slept, she'd
had sex with him--all night long--wild wonderful sex. It looked
like her memory was a lot better than his though. He had acted so
cool and disinterested, it was like they were meeting for the first
time. It was obvious his offer was not because he was interested in
picking up where they left off a year ago. That was a good thing,
because Terri was afraid if the sexy attorney turned rancher
wiggled his pinkie finger at her, she'd definitely go there again
with him. And that could put a fork in their working
relationship.
    Terri didn't want to admit it, but she needed
this job, was looking forward to it. His job offer was really the
answer to her prayers, a way out of her current predicament.
Somehow, she would have to ignore the fact that the tall
dark-haired man who'd rocked her world was just about the sexiest
thing she'd seen in a pair of Wranglers and a cowboy
hat.

CHAPTER THREE

    Terri had spent the weekend with Jenny and
Chase at their new house, and was glad to leave that lovefest come
Monday morning. Seeing her friend so happy was a wonderful thing,
but being around them just drove home the point how unhappy her own
life had become.
    When she moved to Amarillo this week, she
would be totally alone. Although she'd lived alone for the last
five years, Terri had her crazy family for support, and a few
friends.
    In Amarillo, she'd have no one
really.
    Jenny had Chase, and they'd hang out
sometimes, but between the new baby coming, vet school and her job
with Rhodes Drilling, Terri knew she wouldn't see Jenny
much.
    Terri hadn't told her mother she was moving
yet, and she hadn't turned in her notice at the hospital. That was
her plan for today. Tomorrow she'd be packing and Wednesday the
moving company would come and get her things. Most of it was going
into a storage unit that Jenny had helped her find on Saturday. She
wouldn't need furniture or her other things. All she needed for her
new life was her clothes and some personal items.
    First things first though, Terri thought, as
she pulled up in the familiar parking lot of Henrietta Memorial
Hospital. Jenny had helped her write her letter of resignation last
night, and it was sitting on the seat beside her.
    Make it short and sweet, Jenny had told her,
and that's what she'd done. This visit with the nursing supervisor
in the ER was going to be the same. The woman knew what was going
on with Dr. Gregory, Terri had talked to her about it privately.
When push came to shove though, she'd backed Dr. Gregory...just
like they all had. Her notice