Page 20 of Family Bonds- Jarrett & Andi

Good enough for her.

Secondcall was to Coy Bond hoping to get in and get her two broken teeth fixed.

“Hi,” she said when they answered at the Bond Dental. “I had an accident this weekend and broke two of my teeth. I was wondering if I could be seen to have them looked at?”

“Are you a patient here?” the woman asked.

“I’m not. I’ve only lived on the island for a few months. I work with Amanda Bond, and she told me to call and say that.”

She wasn’t lying and hated to add that part, but Amanda told her if she couldn’t get in that way, then Drew would call his brother.

The woman on the other line laughed. “Coy said that you might be calling. Andi, right?”

Guess Coy got aheads up. “Yes. Andi, Andrea Benson.”

“I’ve got an appointment at two today if you can make it. It’s just a consult.”

“I can,” she said. “Thanks.”

She hung up and moved to the couch to sit down and watch TV. It was only nine thirty. Plenty of time to rest her eyes.

She found a talk show and lay back to relax.

The next thing she knew, she was opening her eyes and noticed it was one.

Jumping up fast was stupid to do because she got a head rush and sat back down.

She had almost an hour before she had to leave and it was less than ten minutes away.

When she stood up the second time, she was steadier on her feet and made her way to the kitchen for a drink and some food.

Since she was still sticking to soft foods, she grabbed some yogurt. She was getting low on it and would need to go to the store in a day or so.

The minute her yogurt was done, she went to the bathroom and put as much foundation andcover upon her face as she could. There was still a dark shadow around her eye, but there was not much she could do. Sunglasses would help too, but she wasn’t going to be someone to walk into a building with them on either. That would draw more attention to her than the shiner.

Once she was set, she left and figured she’d get there early and have paperwork to fill out anyway. It’s not like she had dental insurance. She paid for medical insurance out of pocket too. Good thing, after her ER visit. She didn’t even want to think of what that bill would be.

She had plenty of money in the bank, but she was young and it cost a lot to live here. Her goal was to just make enough to live and the rest was her savings for the rest of her life. But then things like this happened.

Between her inheritance, her father’s life insuranceandthe sale of his house, she was sitting pretty and had to remind herself of that too.

There were a lot of cars in the parking lot, but the building had more than one business in it.

She got out of her small SUV and walked to the front door.

“Hi, you must be Andrea,” the woman at the desk said.

“Did the makeup over the black eye give it away?” she asked.

“No,” the woman said. “But I know all the patients and haven’t met you yet.”

Duh, she thought to herself.

“Guess I’m not thinking clearly from getting my bell rung,” she said.

“Come on over and we’ll get you set up. We’ve got some forms for you to fill out.”

Which she hated doing, but most of it was the truth. Just a different name and social security number. She kept her birthday to make life easier for her.

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