Page 37 of The Forever Formula
“That’s what’s so different about Kodiak Canyon. That’s like a normal Tuesday here. I missed this.”
She pursed her lips and bobbed her head. “Selfishly, I want you back.” She paused to smile big. “But I’m so happy for you. This is what you needed.”
“There was just something about helping out Tahlia—it was meaningful, you know?”
Megan waited, sensing I wanted to continue my rant.
“That was why I got into nursing in the first place, not to battle hospital politics. It had started to make the job feel pointless and even combative.”
“What are you saying?” Megan asked. “You want to be a small-town nurse who does house calls now?”
“Is that even a thing?” I laughed, but the idea intrigued me.
“I have no idea, but maybe you could make it a thing,” Megan said with all the conviction I needed to believe her.
“Well, I have no idea what I’m saying. I’m just sort of figuring things out as I go.”
I didn’t mean to backtrack, but that’s how I’d always been. Wondering if every decision I made was the right one, or whether I’d later regret it. That’s probably why I stayed with Roger for so long.
“You deserve happiness,” Megan said. “Which means, I think, that you need to stop overanalyzing everything and just have some fun. Hell, have a fling with Noah. He’s hot!”
I laughed at the assessment of Noah. “I’m not here to have a fling, but being kissed did feel pretty amazing.”
“You kissed him?” she practically screamed into the phone as she rocked around in her seat, her hair bouncing wildly.
I nodded with a laugh at her over-the-top reaction. “Settle, lady. Yes, I kissed him. Twice.”
She waggled her eyebrows at me.
“And it wasamazing.”
“You’re killing me.” She fanned her face. “I need a boyfriend.”
“Or just some sex,” I said with a wink.
“True.” She nodded thoughtfully. “But you absolutely deserve some hot kisses. Replace Roger the baked potato with some good memories with Noah the hot tamale!”
We devolved into a fit of giggles before ending the call.
For once, though, I felt downright hopeful.
I leaped up from my seat and continued changing out the faucet on the kitchen sink. I’m pretty sure that job shouldn’t take four hours, but if I just stayed patient, it would all come together. I was sure of it.
After two more hours of fussing around with the sink, I called Noah. “Hey, are you busy?”
“Always,” he said with a laugh. I could hear the sound of goats bleating in the background.
“Oh shit. Sorry.”
“But not too busy for you. You need something?”
I debated ending the call, but the truth was, I was fixated on finishing this job. “Well, you do owe me for the goats.”
“And here I thought that was out of the kindness of your heart,” he said with a chuckle.
“If now’s not a good time ...”
He cut in quickly. “I can be over in five. What do you need?”
