Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

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Lena had just finished with her last patient and was finally about to sip her water when a knock interrupted her peace.

"Come in!" she called, expecting another patient.

The door swung open, and the moment Lena saw who it was, her stomach dropped.

"Mom?!" she blurted. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see a doctor!" Carol's tone wasn't exactly friendly.

Lena craned her neck, glancing at the hallway behind her mom. "Where's Dad? Didn't he come with you?",

Carol scoffed. "There's a sign outside that says no men allowed, isn't there?"

"That doesn't apply to

is he not a man?"

wasn't just here-she

her to move back home. Lena hadn't budged -she'd even stopped answering their calls. It looked like Carol had reached her breaking point and decided to stage a full-on ambush. "Mom," Lena started, trying to sound professional, "I'm at

with dramatic flair. "I'm not here to chat. I'm a patient now. Paid the fee and everything. No strings pulled, no trouble caused." Lena sighed, slipping into her doctor mode.

leaned in, deadpan. "I

I'll have to send you somewhere else."

my doctor." She punctuated her statement with a sharp slap on the desk, making

to

up the queue. Can we not do this right now? People

she wasn't lying. In the five minutes they'd

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me first. Problem solved," Carol said, all matter-of-fact, doubling down like the

a headache. When her mom got stubborn, moving her was like pushing a brick wall uphill.

years younger but somehow the only person Carol

grabbed her phone and fired off

[Uncle Aaron, SOS.]

phone? Is this how you treat patients? Put