Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 6-1

Ethan’s initial anxiety melted into amazement as he watched Danielle work. Her calm confidence and perfect attention to detail left him spellbound, eager to see what she would do next.

Danielle meticulously separated the cardiac adhesions from the sternum-the most challenging part of the surgery. She accomplished in thirty minutes what would take even Ethan several hours, leaving him stunned.

In the observation room, the doctors held their breath. One wrong move could damage the cardiac tissue or blood vessels, spelling disaster. Yet Danielle completed the separation flawlessly, preserving every vessel and tissue.

"How did she do that?"

"She made such a complex procedure look effortless."

"Who is she?"

Danielle’s textbook-perfect suturing technique further humbled the assembled medical staff. By the end of the surgery, they were all shocked speechless. Danielle had literally pulled the patient back from death’s door.

Ethan thought, watching her sew up the incision with a level of precision that seemed

a hit-he’d always prided himself on being the best heart surgeon in the country, but this

after washing up. Outside, the same doctors who’d dismissed her now crowded around admiringly-their earlier skepticism

with jealousy. She couldn’t believe

the patient was wheeled out, doctors rushed

the onlookers, who had gathered out of curiosity, began to clear out, leaving only Ethan and a few essential

the family arrived?" Danielle asked,

minutes out," Ethan replied, gazing at her

to standard care tomorrow. I’ll leave post-op instructions."

eagerly. "Please-your name? Your technique is extraordinary. Would you consider

We’ll meet again,"

the patient’s family. You saved Mr. Logan Charrington-his grandson will want to thank you personally,"