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into that?”
    The dull hopefulness in the man’s face brought the lump back to her throat. “Please, anything you can do.” He rose out of his seat as Alexandra stood. “Thank you, we would be most grateful.”
    Alexandra rubbed the back of her neck to smooth out the tension. Kailea was safely through the surgery, and resting in her room. Alexandra had just visited, to check on the girl and tell her parents about the change of medications.
    Mrs. Louangrath hadn’t looked at Alexandra, despite her husband’s attempts. Alexandra didn’t mind. It was a natural part of the process, especially when cancer returned.
    There was nothing more she could do for the Louangrath family tonight. She moved to the next door, lifting the clipboard and skimming over the scribbled notes. It looked familiar. A little too familiar.
    “You’ve already gone to see them three times, honey.”
    Alexandra turned to see Raul behind her, his arms crossed and one hip jutted out so far it would make a nice shelf. Most people stood like that when they were upset. Raul did it because it was Tuesday. The nurse assistant’s dark brows were raised high as he looked her over, a doubtful expression on his dusky-complexioned face.
    She was sure she looked worse for wear. Their wing was understaffed until Dr. Muller got back from paternity leave, and she’d been covering his shifts as well as her own. He’d promised he’d only be two more days.
    “Visited them three times, are you sure?” She let the clipboard fall back into the receptacle on the wall. “I was just noticing it looked a little familiar. Maybe it’s time for some coffee.”
    Raul smirked, his head jerking back in a silent laugh. “I’ll go get one, you’ve got a phone call in the break room.”
    “Simon?”
    When he nodded and flapped his hands to shoo her away, she didn’t need any more encouragement. She avoided mixing personal life and work, but this was an exception.
    “Hey, mom.” Simon’s voice was almost drowned out by crackling on the line.
    “Hello, sweetie! How’s it going over there?” She curled into the couch. There was no comfortable position, so she pulled her legs up and concentrated on listening.
    “It’s great! I wanted to call you before class and let you know,” he began, and Alexandra looked at her watch in disbelief. If it was almost time for class there, it was almost midnight here. No wonder she needed coffee. “My painting won this competition thingy, and it’s going to be featured in a magazine.”
    He had worked on his painting for three weeks during class, and she still hadn’t seen a picture of it. “Competition thingy, huh? I thought it wasn’t done yet?” She looked up as Raul came in with a styrofoam cup of coffee, then mouthed “Thank you,” as he handed it over.
    Simon cleared his throat. “I’m not. At least, I thought I wasn’t.” He fell silent.
    Alexandra was in the middle of a sip of coffee, so the silence stretched as she swallowed. “Who saved you from the ‘just one more little tweak’ monster?”
    “Uh, so there’s kinda this girl,” Simon began, and Alexandra choked. “Mom, are you okay?”
    She barely managed to swallow before spasmodic coughs shook her. Simon? The kid who avoided women like they were a strange species? Seeing a girl? “Yes, I’m fine,” she gasped into the phone. “Just a little surprised. Who is she? What’s she like?”
    “She’s pretty cool. Rosa. A teacher’s assistant. She wasn’t supposed to see it yet, but she did.” Simon hesitated again, but this time Alexandra didn’t break the silence. “Rosa’s got a tattoo. Uh, on her arm, not like, somewhere weird.”
    “Maybe you should send me a picture.”
    “Of the tattoo?”
    Alexandra laughed. “Oh honey, I miss you. No, of you and Rosa together.”
    “I miss you too, mom. I’ll send one if you send a picture of you.”
    “Deal.”
    “So how is everything at home? How is Hunter?”
    Simon asked about Hunter every