Chapter 82 ~ Starting today!

ATHENA

My heart stutters. That voice.

Even if the years had dulled it, even if time had blurred every echo of that night, I'd still recognize it anywhere.

Leah.

The last time I saw her, she was standing in the doorway of my apartment with Alex's child in her arms.

Rubbing it in my face that she had what I could never give him even if I tried.

I looked at the child for the first time, and my heart shattered. He was the spitting image of Alex with his eyes.

I shut the door in her face and applied to work in the furthest hospital I could find.

And now, she's here.

Why is she here?

Dressed in a tailored navy-blue suit with a white coat, her hair pulled back in a bun that does nothing to soften the features on her face.

doctors, clearly a surgical team, all in identical

remember curls on her lips as

to find in the trash but discovered alive and kicking.

her gaze, refusing to let my face betray the chaos ripping through my chest. What is

Leah was supposed to be climbing the ranks at that prestigious city hospital;

I was too busy trying to breathe again after what

They're legendary, and my mother talked about his father all the time. The family that changed the

of peace but seeing this blonde is standing in front of me,

finally

for a ring but see

I

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

doesn't care about either of those

was told there was an interesting case in your ER," she says, voice dripping with sarcasm. "Didn't- expect the excitement to come

She tilts her head.

triage rules. Took over a bay without clearance. All after an hour on shift. I'm afraid," her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be completely out of line by the time

My stomach tightens.

from the anger boiling

had to do to save a life," I reply evenly. "If that's out of line, then maybe the

couple of the doctors behind her exchange surprised glances, but Leah doesn't flinch. She takes another

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