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baby and tried to track him down did she discover that he’d lied. According to a former colleague, the handsome young doctor who’d swept her off her feet wasn’t single. Apparently Dr. David Wahl had a “gorgeous” wife at home.
    “I don’t go in today until three.” He pulled the door closed. Instead of a white jacket he wore khakis and a royal blue polo that made his eyes look bluer than the sky outside her window. “I came to see if you’d like to have lunch with me in the hospital cafeteria. The food is edible and it’ll give us a chance to catch up.”
    Catch up? What was there to catch up on? Unless he meant to confess he had a wife he’d forgotten to mention, which she highly doubted. “With that ringing endorsement, it’d be hard to say no.”
    “You’ll join me?”
    His delighted smile was almost her undoing. The same electricity that had been there eight months ago sizzled in the room. But this time she ignored it. She didn’t want anything to do with a cheater.
    “I’m being dismissed.” She glanced at her watch. “Once Dr. Fisher stops by, I’ll be on my way.”
    “What about your boyfriend, er, I mean your friend?” he asked, his gaze watchful. “Did you ever reach him?”
    “I did. He’d been out celebrating. He landed a role in a Broadway touring company.” July kept her tone even. “He’d just gotten off the phone with his agent finalizing the details when we connected.”
    “Was he excited about the baby?”
    “ Very excited.” July forced some enthusiasm into her voice. A.J. had actually been more jazzed about his new role than her new son. But that was understandable. The theater was his life now. And he’d been around too many kids growing up to be excited about one more, even if that one was hers.
    “When is he coming?”
    “He’s not.” July brushed a piece of lint from her jeans. “The tour starts in two weeks. A.J. was a last-minute replacement, so he’s got lots of catching up to do.”
    July understood how important this was to him, truly she did. This was his big break. Still she couldn’t help but wish he’d been a little more excited for her.
    The look on David’s face said he didn’t understand, either. But instead of consoling her, it made July wish she’d kept her mouth shut or made something up. The less David knew about her personal life, the better.
    “How long will you be staying in Jackson?” David asked in a tone so casual it sent red flags popping up.
    “I’m not sure,” she hedged.
    July couldn’t figure out why he kept coming around. If she were him, she’d be keeping her distance. This wasn’t a big impersonal town like Chicago. Jackson was small and everyone knew people in small townsloved to gossip. If David wasn’t careful, someone was going to mention his intense interest in her and her baby to his wife.
    “Before Adam leaves the hospital, I’d like to have a test done on him. But I need your permission.”
    July pulled her brows together. “If you’re talking about the testing for PKU and the others they recommend for newborns, the nurse already spoke to me and I had no problem with them.”
    “I’m not talking about those tests.”
    “What then?”
    “A paternity test.” His blue eyes locked on hers. “I need to know if Adam is mine.”

Chapter Four
    W hen July was five her mother had shoved her against a wall so hard it pushed all the air from her lungs. She remembered that horrible, scary feeling. She felt the same way now.
    But July was no stranger to having her life take an ugly turn. She forced herself to breathe normally. “I already told you he isn’t yours. Most men would be jumping for joy at that news.”
    “I’m not most men.” His gaze never left her face. “If Adam is my son, I want to be a part of his life. I want him to know me. I want to be his dad.”
    The sincerity in his tone touched the part of July’s heart that had once yearned for a father’s love. The part that had hoped her