Page 63 of Trapped In You: A BWWM Romance

“Sounds like you like her a lot.”

I shrug.

“Is she new here?”

“No. She’s always been around, but she’s… I don’t know. She’s the only thing I can see all of a sudden.”

“Love at first sight? Or second as the case may be.”

“Try third. At first, she really got on my nerves and there was this shrieking sound in my head every time she talked—”

“Get back to me after forty years of marriage.” He snorts. “You’ll get used to that.”

I grin. “But she’s… different, you know?”

“Different how?”

“She doesn’t take my crap. Speaks her mind no matter the consequences. And she’s so damn stubborn.”

“Alright, I get it. You found someone who can handle you.” He glances up, his watery blue eyes filled with laughter. “Just make sure she knows how desperately you tried to get those medicines.”

“I don’t think she’ll care.”

“You don’t know that. Maybe she does.” Doc pulls his gloves off. “Speaking of people who care… have you talked to your dad lately?”

I stiffen.

“No pressure, Hawk. I’m just asking.”

“Is that why you transferred here? To spy on me?”

Doc arches an eyebrow. “Watch it, Banner. I have embarrassing baby pictures of you and I’m not afraid to use it.”

“Blackmail?”

“It’s a card I’m not afraid to use. About your father—”

“Tell him to jump off a cliff.” I scowl darkly.

“Hawk…”

“That’s the polite version, Doc. I'm holding myself back because you were Mom’s friend.”

“He talks about you a lot.”

“So?”

“I think you two should hash things out. It’s been long enough.”

“This feels like pressure to me, Doc.” I push off the hospital cot.

“Son, your father isn’t the man you think he is.”

“I don’t want to hear it.”

“I hate seeing you at odds. Your mom would have been upset. She and your father had their problems—”

“They fought every day up until the night she died.”

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