If Fanny left too, I'd be out of friends to chat with.

Despite the fact that life is a ceaseless cycle of meeting and parting, even with our parents, friends, or even spouses, I didn't want Fanny to exit my life.

"It's not that, I just want to take a longer break. They suspend me when they feel like it and call me back whenever it suits them. Do they think I'm some easy target?" Fanny's words made me laugh. "Whoa, Dr. Willis getting feisty, planning to give them a taste of their own medicine?"

"Exactly, otherwise they'll keep overlooking me the moment things go south," Fanny was always clear-eyed about life.

That applied to both her career and her love life.

"Aren't you afraid of pushing too hard and them not giving you a second chance?" I asked with a chuckle.

Fanny got me a glass of water, saying, "There are plenty of other places that would kill to have me."

With that, she leaned in so close our noses were almost touching, "Do you really think I'd be out of options?"

That was Fanny for you.

of private clinics would jump at the chance to

insisting she wasn't one to jump ship at the first sight of trouble. But if one place didn't

a sip of water, echoing her earlier sentiment, "If this tree doesn't want to hold me, I'll find another. It's not like I'm short of options." Fanny gave me a thumbs up, "That's the Licia I know. Whether it's

me check

stayed

Fanny suddenly asked, "The prairies

meets the sky?"

I'll ask for time off," I mumbled

then I remembered Grant's leniency towards me was all because of Ernest, which made me add, "Just hope the boss approves. I've been skipping work a bit too much lately." Fanny hummed in response, and I laughed, "If he doesn't approve, I'll just quit. It's not like I'm relying on that job

laughter filled the

next day when someone rang the doorbell

the door to find Haley Perez standing there with a look

neighbors for so long, this was

to see still got on my nerves, "If you've

chat," she said, reminding

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