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Not uncommon in the orthopedic ward. If Nurse Angela was around, which she luckily wasn’t, she’d have told all the othernurses about my unborn baby, possibly exaggerating the details somehow—Dr. Roberts had an affair.
“Did shereallycall me that?” asked Sam, chuckling. “Sounds like a Dr. Seuss character. Anderson watchedThe Loraxthe other day and now he can’t get enough of it. I swear I know that movie by heart. I can recite entire lines, Alex. Are you prepared for that?”
“He’s the kid. You’re the adult.”
Sam ran his hand through his dark hair. “Clearly you don’t have any children.”
“Exactly. But I’m prepared to learn.”
He opened his mouth at the same time a sharpding-dongechoed through the hallway, followed by a sharp voice over the intercom: “Attention, Dr. Alex Roberts. Please report to the
Emergency Room immediately. Dr. Alex Roberts. Emergency Room, stat. Thank you.”
Backing away toward the exit, I sent a finger in Sam’s direction. “Now how about you start being more supportive?”
“Fine,” he said. “When can I meet her then?”
“Never,” I chuckled, though I hoped one day Sam could meet Sophie. If there was any person who was a good judge of character, it was Sam.
I should’ve listened to him ages ago when he said Vicki was wrong for me. But then again, stubbornness was a family trait.
One I hoped my kid wouldn’t inherit.
CHAPTER 13
Sophie
“I’m heading there now, Danny,” I said, pressing the phone to my ear and holding it up with my shoulder while I fumbled with the keys in the front door. There was nothing harder than talking on the phone while trying to juggle the keys and my growing anxiety.
“Do you want me to meet you there?” Danny asked, sounding so sincere my heart would’ve melted if a visit to the gynecologist wasn’t the last place in the world I wanted to meet up with my brother.
“No, thank you,” I said flatly.
“Oh, come on,” he nagged. “I’ll buy you an ice cream after. One of those sugar cones, like Dad used to do after the dentist.”
“I swear it’s his fault I had so many cavities as a kid. And no, thank you, Danny. Some things are just meant to be done without company,” I replied, though this wasn’t one of those things. What I needed was a boyfriend or a fiancé or even better, a husband to hold my hand lovingly while a doctor prodded and poked.
“Oh,come on," moaned Danny. "Let me be a good baby brother and escort you to the lady doctor. Surely she just has to do a little scan of the bean. How big is it now? Still bean-sized."
“It’s more like the size of a sesame seed.”
“That small?” he gasped, his voice rising in pitch. “That’s barely anything. Are you sure you’re even pregnant? A sesame seed. That’s crazy.”
I swung the front door open and just managed to grab my phone before it slipped out of my grip. “I know, right? I’ve basically got a—”
My heart did a somersault in my chest.
Alex was standing in my driveway, his hands in his pockets, his gaze on the California sycamore towering over my driveway.
“I have to go,” I mumbled softly into the speaker and ended the call before Danny had a chance to reply.
Slipping the phone into my back pocket, I stepped down onto the path, very aware that Alex hadn’t noticed me yet. Good. Sneaking out was still an option. One that would’ve worked perfectly if his car wasn’t parked right behind mine.
Well played, Alex. Well played.
He shifted his weight onto his right foot, remaining unaware that I was watching him, checking out his broad shoulders in that blue work shirt of his and wondering what the hell he was doing at my house. . again.
Maybe he was just lost. Maybe his car had broken down on his way out of St. Helena, and my house was an easy place to stop for help.
