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blows a gasket. Apparently he walked in on Elijah and that crazy nurse a couple of weeks ago.”
    “What?!” Julie pulled the phone away from her mouth and called out to her husband. “Simon, did you know Elijah’s been hooking up with the red-headed nurse?”
    “Wait, Juls. He isn’t. The nurse set Elijah up. She must have figured out I’m the chief’s daughter. She’s a work of art. I saw her today and she dyed her hair blonde.”
    “Like your hair?”
    “Maybe.” Charity giggled. “Who knows? Anyways, that whole thing’s all cleared up and then I had to drive Elijah home.”
    “ Had to drive him home?”
    “My father actually asked me to. Hard to believe, but I couldn’t disappoint the man.”
    “Whatever. You just wanted to bone the hot guy.”
    Charity laughed. “How does a woman go about boning? And what year are you from? The eighties?”
    “The wine I’m drinking is. So did you bring him home? Did you stay?”
    Charity pictured herself and Elijah in his living room. “I stayed.” She pulled the phone away from her ear when Julie screamed again.
    “Sweet!! Is he as hot in bed as he looks?” Male laughter echoed in the background of the phone. “Ignore Simon. He’s laughing at me, but he’s dying to know the answer as well.”
    “Simon and Elijah are buddies. I’m pretty sure Simon and Elijah have talked.”
    “Not about you two. Simon’s asked general stuff but he hasn’t squealed on anything between you guys. And trust me, I tried to get Simon to find out what happened when Elijah flew down to surprise you. I’m not getting off this phone until you tell me. I will harass you for days, weeks, months! You know how persistent I can be.”
    “Fine! We had a very good time. Nobody left disappointed.” That’s all I’m telling you!
    “Ah! You’re a bugger! Do you think it’s serious?”
    Now that was the million-dollar question. “I don’t know. I think it could be.” She suddenly wanted to change the subject, as if talking about their relationship would jinx it. She wasn’t superstitious, but still… “I brought my Dad and Elijah lunch at the hospital today. However, apparently Happy Daddy turned back into the Grinch.”
    “Your dad is not the Grinch.”
    “The guy basically enrolled me back into med school to restart my residence here in New York!”
    “Noooo!” Julie took a sip of her wine. “Are you going to do it?”
    “Really? Whose side are you on?”
    “Yours. Come on, you know you’d be an awesome doctor.”
    “Has he been talking to you? Juls, I love my job. I’m not going back to med school.”
    “I know. It’d just be nice to have you back in New York.”
    It had been nice seeing Julie the past few months. “I’m going to be here more til the gala. We’ll plan something the next time I’m back.”
    “When do you fly to Atlanta?”
    “Tomorrow afternoon.”
    “Next time you’re here let’s go out.”
    “Deal.” They chatted a bit longer and then said their goodbyes.
    Charity got up and showered and found Elijah’s T-shirt. She slipped it back on and sniffed the collar. She could smell his cologne through the fabric. She settled back on the bed with her laptop. The prep for the Valentine’s Auction needed to be done before she met with Malcolm. He had emailed a short while ago to wish her a Happy Christmas and confirm things for Friday.  Yawning, she leaned against the bed frame and went over her notes for tomorrow’s meeting in town. Hopefully the weather would be better, or at least the roads, when she headed out to the building where the gala would be. Then again if it stormed all day tomorrow, she would be forced to stay here and hang out with Elijah. That wouldn’t be so terrible.
    Her phone buzzed. She smiled when she checked it. Elijah’s ears must be burning . It was from him.
    Weather sucks. Just finishing my shift. What are you up to? BTW sandwiches were awesome again.
    She texted him back: I’m just chillin’ at the hotel. Come