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“What’s wrong?”He felt panicked that Millie was obviously soupset.
He could barely understand her response through the sobs and hiccups. “Goose… ran over… babies won’t have a daddy… mate for life.” He picked enough out of the garbled conversation to realize that the goose that had attacked her had beeninjured.
Relief coursed through him that it wasn’t something catastrophic. The fact that it was so important to her, made it important to him, though. She was normally the calm, composed one, who logically thought about any problem and devised a plan. Since she was so upset, he would step into that role forher.
“Is the animal still alive?” he askedcalmly.
“I don’t knowwwww,” she wailed into thephone.
“It’s all right. Sit tight. I’ll send help, and I’m on my way there,” hepromised.
“Umm, okay,” she sniffled, seeming uncertain how to react to someone else taking care of her foronce.
“Everything will work out, I promise,” he told her before disconnecting. Once the line was dead, he silently vowed to keep that promise, even though he had no idea how to do so. Who did one call to help an injured goose? This was the type of thing that Millie would normally effortlessly take care of, but she was in no shape to handle itnow.
Deciding that this was silly, he was a fill-in billionaire after all, he looked up the number for the veterinarian’s office that he passed each day on his way to work and dialed them. When he told the receptionist his problem, she responded that the doctor didn’t make house calls or work ongeese.
He informed her in his most authoritative voice, “She’ll need to make an exception for this goose. It’s special.” Almost as an afterthought, he added, “She can name her price. This is Trevor Donovan from Donovan Enterprises.” It was the first time he had thrown his name around to get hisway.
Apparently, those were the magic words because the receptionist changed her tune. “She’s in with a patient right now, Mr. Donovan, but I’ll go knock on thedoor.”
With minimal coaxing, he was able to secure a goose doctor. He just prayed that the dumb animal was stillalive.
