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Gonzalez kept repeating before
the nurse placed a breathing mask over her mouth.
    “ Por favor,
sólo salve a mi bebé. No importa si yo
muero.”
    Please just save my baby.
I don’t care if I die.
    Raven turned to Kay. “Prepare her for
a C-section.” She sped to the sink and scrubbed her
hands.
    Armand approached her and whispered,
“Dr. Arrington, Mrs. Gonzalez is requesting—”
    “ I understand Spanish just
fine, and I’m not honoring her request. I intend to save
both.”
    “ Dr. Arrington, you can’t
promise that.”
    “ Dr. Phillips,” she began
in a loud, stern tone, but remembering where she was—especially
when all eyes glanced her way—she lowered her voice, “Mrs. Gonzalez
is concerned for her baby. It’s my responsibility to be concerned
for both. I’m going to ask you to leave so I can do my
job.”
    Taken aback, he stepped away from her.
“You can do your job, but I’m not leaving.”
    “ Fine, but stay out of my
way.”
    A few hours later, Raven sat alone in
the break room of the hospital sipping coffee. It was almost six
‘o’clock in the morning, and she was wired from her normal
adrenaline rush after bringing life into the world. She was
thrilled that the mother and baby were doing fine, even though the
baby would have to stay a little while longer to gain a few extra
pounds before going home.
    The door creaked open and confident
footsteps on the tile floor behind her drew near. She sighed
reluctantly. Unfortunately, she recognized the same walking pattern
from when he approached her at the sink in the birthing
room.
    Armand slid into the chair in front of
her, popped a mint into his mouth, and stretched back, resting his
hands across his chest.
    “ You need something, Dr.
Phillips?” she asked in a curt tone.
    He let out a nervous chuckle. “No. I
just wanted to check on you. Things got a little
heated.”
    “ I’m fine, but never
question my judgment again,” she answered in a stern
manner.
    “ Look, Dr. Arrington, I
wasn’t questioning your judgment, but as doctors we know not to
make promises that may not happen. I didn’t want Mr. Gonzalez
getting his hopes up considering she was falling fast,
and—”
    “ I completely understand
that. However, have a little faith sometimes. I’ve had patients in
the same predicament before. And I wasn’t going to let her die. The
baby needs her …” Raven stopped when she found herself becoming
emotional, leading her to thoughts of her own personal struggles of
wanting a baby. Blocking it from her brain, she focused on the
issue at hand.
    “ Dr. Phillips, while I’m
here for the next few months, I would appreciate it if you would
let me do my job. I don’t need a young,
fresh-out-of-doing-his-residency doctor telling me what to
do.”
    “ Oh really?” He stood as
his voice rose, and she stared at him in complete shock. “So you
think age and how many years experience I have has something to do
with my knowledge and understanding of medical procedures? Sure,
you’re older and have many more years of working in the medical
profession on me, but what you don’t have is the type of
experiences that I’ve encountered by working with Doctors
Unlimited, as well as Doctors Without Borders. Your brother
wouldn’t have made me the chief of staff if I wasn’t qualified for
the position. And if it wasn’t for your brother, I would send you
packing back to Memphis. We’re a team around here. I thought you,
of all people, would be a team player considering you work at your
family’s private practice.”
    Raven stood directly in his personal
space, and glared up at him with one hand on her hip and a finger
pointing at his chest. “Oh trust and believe if it wasn’t for my
brother I would gladly leave right now instead of working with an
arrogant, egotistical ass like you!” She turned on her heel,
grabbed her coffee, and stormed toward the door. The sexy way he
looked when angry was a turn on, and the last thing she wanted was
to