Page 21 of Family Bonds: Coy & Angel

He saw her face flush some. “I worked hard.”

“You did,” he said. “You got better grades than me.”

“And I’ll show you that I know what I’m doing,” she said, smirking. The same smirk she’d sent his way before that he was trying to figure out.

He heard Barb cough and looked over, but she was looking out at the view.

“I look forward to it,” he said.

Another cough from Barb, but she picked up her drink. Must be she had a tickle in her throat.

7

COMPETITION ALREADY

“Did you have a good day off yesterday?” Coy asked Angel on Tuesday morning.

“I did,” she said. “How about you?”

“I just relaxed and spent the time with Spencer before he had to leave to get on the ferry.”

“I’ll have to get used to that,” she said. “That the ferry on and off is what is really dictating travel times or adding to it all.”

She’d been warned by Spencer and her parents that she might feel trapped.

She didn’t look at it that way.

Everything she could need was here on the island. If it took her a bit longer for other things, then so be it. She’d just plan better.

“It is,” he said. “There is always the helicopter but at a price. I don’t use it much, but my parents primarily go back and forth that way now. Even my brothers if it’s for business. Or if it’s business, they try to do everything they can while they are in Boston.”

“It’s nice to have a helicopter you can just call up when you want,” she said, laughing. Just another reminder of things she’d forgotten. His lifestyle was so much different than hers.

“True,” he said. “But not quite like that. Are you ready to get started today? You’re earlier than I thought you’d be.”

“Just really excited,” she said.

When she got there, the door was locked, which forced her to text Coy. She’d seen his Range Rover in the back but no other vehicles.

He came around to let her in and then handed her over a key and showed her how to set and disarm the security system.

“I’m glad,” he said. “Staff should be here in the next twenty minutes or so.”

“I’ll just hang up my stuff,” she said. “Put my food in the fridge. You don’t have to entertain me.”

“Nonsense,” he said. “I’ve got your laptop set up and when Maria gets here, she’ll give you what you need to sign on. Sarah will show you how to use the software.”

“I’ve used different software in college.”

“They are all pretty similar,” he said. “The dental assistants do put most of it in for me and then I check it over after office hours. It will be your choice what to do.”

“Oh,” she said.

“They start it or I do. Whoever gets to the computer first. But while I’m going to check on other patients and there is wait time for things, Miranda or Ellen will jump on the computer and enter information too. At the end of the day, I go over everything to make sure it’s set. There is just so much running around and time management, that typing in my notes during the day isn’t part of it.”

“Makes sense,” she said. “I’m going to assume you want people in and out faster than me doing my notes on time?”

“I’d like them done at the end of the day,” he said. “For billing purposes.”

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