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.

identical white coats, all

remember curls on her lips as she stops

to

face betray the chaos ripping

to be climbing the ranks at that prestigious city hospital; the one

got a chance to reach because I was too busy trying to

lann Quinn. They're legendary, and my mother talked about his father all

standing in front of me, tells me I'll have to change the planet if I want her to stay the fuck away from

finally

for a ring but see nothing. But then again,

mind spirals, and I force

This isn't the time.

This isn't the place.

course, doesn't care about either of those

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.

her smile widens into a cruel grin, "you'll be

My stomach tightens.

the anger boiling

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

surprised glances, but Leah doesn't flinch. She

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