Page 37 of Heal Me
Kate laughed and moved to face him. “I could say the same for you. Can we have movie night again sometime?”
“Doc, we can movie night every night as far as I’m concerned. Of course, I’d prefer it without the dog bite,” he said.
Kate rose into a half sitting position, looked at his arm, and winced. “Ouch. That looks nasty. How does it feel?”
“Honestly, until right now, I didn’t even remember it was there,” Ric said with a chuckle. “Don’t worry about me, Doc. I’ll be better before you know it.” He ran a hand over her silky hair. “Now, how do you feel about duct tape and garbage bags?”
*****
As she looked over some blood work results on a cat the next morning, Kate had a hard time concentrating. She kept thinking about the late night shower that she and Ric had shared. When he’d brought up garbage bags and duct tape, she’d thought that he’d been talking about something kinky.
They’d laughed about it the whole time she taped the garbage bag over his cast. Her large, walk-in shower had made bathing easy. Then they’d had a long nap before Ric had gotten up at five so he could go home to get ready to go to Denver. It had surprised her when he’d asked to stay, but pleasantly so. Sleeping in his arms felt so natural and Kate envisioned doing it a lot.
Finished looking at the results, Kate called over one of her techs named Carly. “We’re going to have to start Pudding on insulin. Her blood sugars are through the roof. I’ll also speak to Mr. Greer about how much he’s feeding her and making sure she has fresh water every day. Her electrolytes are low, too.”
Carly nodded. “Okay. I’ll start getting the medication around and bring it in.”
“Thanks, Carly.”
Robert came over to the computer kiosk and smiled. “How was your sleepover?”
Kate was too happy to even try to pretend that she was annoyed. “Glorious. Let’s just say that we could’ve shot our own porno.”
Robert snickered. “I knew that you’d wind up in the bedroom. You look very relaxed.”
Kate nodded. “So very relaxed, Robbie. Although there were many tension-filled moments last night.” She nudged him with her elbow.
“I’m sure there were.” He let out a wistful sigh. “I miss those kinds of moments. I really need to get laid.”
“I told you that you need a girlfriend,” Kate said.
Robert poked her in the ribs. “I said get laid, not get my heart stomped on again. No, I just need some straight up hot fucking.”
“Robbie, you’re a great looking guy. I’m sure that you can find that,” she said.
He snorted. “Tried last night. Struck out.”
“Aw, I’m sorry,” Kate said.
“Me, too, but that’s enough about me. I’ll bet Ric’s stressed out after this weekend, huh?” Robert asked.
“What do you mean?”
Robert’s expression turned quizzical. “You don’t know, do you?”
“Know what?”
“About their business problems.” Robert said, “Come to my office once you’re done with your next appointment.”
“Okay.”
Although she didn’t rush through Pudding’s appointment, Kate didn’t dawdle, either. In a firm manner, she warned Mr. Greer that if he didn’t start taking care of Pudding, that she wasn’t going to be with him much longer. The middle-aged man had been contrite and promised to do right by his furry friend.
After giving some instructions to one of her other techs, Kate found Robert in his office and shut the door. “Now, what’s this about Ric’s business?”
Robert had an article from the Wall Street Journal pulled up on his laptop and turned it towards her so she could read it. Kate couldn’t believe what she was reading.
“They’re losing clients? Rumors are the firm is in financial trouble?”
