Page 6 of A Doctor for Daisy

“I am proud of you,” his mother said. “But you shouldn’t be so careless. That is your sister Harmony. She’s the one that lives her life without thinking of consequences.”

“That’s harsh and you know it,” he said.

Just because his youngest sister did her own thing in life and didn’t follow their mother’s orders, didn’t mean Harmony was careless. He’d like to think his sister was more carefree as she found her way in life.

“I don’t know what is wrong with her. By now she should have some idea of what she wants to do with her life, but she’s still floating along in dead-end jobs. At least Erica is stable.”

Erica was the middle child. His sisters lived together in New Rochelle and Erica had some corporate job, but he wasn’t even sure what she did. She had her MBA and worked in Manhattan. Harmony switched her major in college so much, he had no clue what her degree ended up being after five years of going. He didn’t keep track of her jobs either.

His sisters were happy and he was happy for them. End of story.

His mother couldn’t seem to understand that. Could be because she was so miserable and that was why she divorced their father. She married her second husband who she said wasn’t such a tight ass like his father, but he still got the impression she was miserable, just maybe not as much now.

He wasn’t in the mood to hear drama or gossip about his sisters. “Was there a specific reason you called, Mom?”

“No,” his mother said. “Aren’t I allowed to check in on my oldest child? It’s not like my youngest returns my calls.”

This was going to turn into a bitch session on Harmony. “Mom, I’ve got to go. I’ve got a call coming in.”

He hung up on her before she could say another word and tossed his phone on the counter. Maybe that was cowardice on his part, but he didn’t have the mental energy for this. Didn’t he deserve a break after thirty years of it?

Obviously not in his mother’s eyes.

2

The Place For Her

Daisy watched the sexy doctor leave the waiting room.

She thought it was funny that Heather’s mom, Jill, pointed out how young he was. He looked it to her too, but she wasn’t good with men’s ages.

Luke left shortly after and she was stuck here with Heather’s parents, Jill and Max, waiting for them to be allowed to see her best friend.

All she knew was that she didn’t think her heart could take this much more.

Getting that call from Lily after Zane had gotten it from Luke was enough to send her almost crashing to the floor.

“Can I get you two anything?” she asked Heather’s parents.

They’d been pacing for hours and now seem relieved. She was hoping she could get on their good side because all they’d been doing was talking about taking Heather home with them and she knew her best friend would rather cut off her leg than do that.

“We are fine, dear,” Jill said. “Hopefully we can get in to see Heather soon.”

“I forgot,” she said. “I’ve got her glasses too. I know she’ll need them. They are in with her clothes that I brought.”

“That was nice of you,” Max said.

“If you can hand me her glasses, I’ll be sure to give them to her when we get in there,” Jill said.

Daisy hoped she would be allowed to see her best friend too. She was staying here until they forced her out. Heather’s parents had a hotel; they’d leave for that at some point. She’d just sit here until she could sneak in to make sure with her own eyes Heather was okay, even if that meant sitting in this room for hours.

She pulled Heather’s glass case out of the overnight bag where she’d packed clothes for her. One of the Blossoms bags they both had. Swag from their jobs.

Heather worked at the greenhouses with herbs and flowers doing formulas for shampoos and conditioners, body scents and other ideas she had for healing properties.

Daisy was in the retail store, in the back, where she’d been since she was hired to be Rose’s assistant.

Her dream job come true. And when they’d called to make the offer and said they even had a place for her to stay if she was willing to have a roommate, she knew right away this was the place for her.

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