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to stop by their ho use later to check on them. Willow’s mom and step-dad are in town and will be staying with them for a week.” I needed to change the subject if there is any hope of turning this lunch date around.
    “Willow and the baby will probably already be discharged by the time I get back to my office. She is really a beautiful baby.”
    We talk the rest of lunch about me growing up in a big family and how I was teased by my brothers. There was no more talk about his family or his sister at all. He talked about his college days and his friends. He talked about his best friend Spence and how happy he is that they are working at the same hospital. His mood improved and I was glad, but curiosity about his sister and not knowing about his parents sent red flags waving in my head. I know his parents are divorced, but that’s all I know.
    “I need to be getting back to the office. It’s just crazy there right now. Thank you for getting me away for a little while. I needed the break.”
    “You’re welcome, and thank you for treating me to lunch. Can I check your hand really quick?” he asks.
    “Sure, but it feels so much better than it did th is morning,” I tell him. I don’t really want to bother him with it.
    “Don’t be silly, I insist, ” he says as he holds his hand out for mine.
    I place my hand in his and he slowly unwraps the gauze bandage and inspects the cut. He must be pleased with it because he just gives a little nod and wraps it back up.
    “It looks good, just keep it wrapped and dry for the next few days. If it’s alright , I would like to check it again tonight, just to be on the safe side.”
    Hmmm , I think he’s trying to get another date. I like it.
    “Really , it will be fine, and you don’t need to keep looking at it, but I am free tonight if you wanted to still go out.”
    “Alright, it’s a date, but I’m paying. I don’t think my ego could take another round of being treated.”
    “Deal. Where would you like to meet?” I ask.
    “If it’s alright , I would like to pick you up and take you to this great Mexican place,” he replies.
    Red flags are flying again. I don’t really know too much about him. I’m not sure if I want to give him my address or not. H e is a doctor, and I know where he works, how bad can he be? There are a few crazy doctors I’ve seen on TV that chop up people and store their body parts in freezers in their basements. No, stop right there. Man, I watch too much TV.
    “Alright , that sounds fine. I should be out of the office by six. Give me a little time to freshen up and then you can pick me up at seven. Does that work for you?”
    “That will work just fine,” h e says.
    I give him my add ress, and he walks me back to my building with my good hand tucked securely on his arm. We say our goodbyes, and he again tells me he will see me at seven. Back at my desk, I have a message from Willow to call her ASAP. I hope everything went alright with being discharged.
    “Willow, what’s the matter? What happened? Are you and the baby alright?” I spit out anxiously.
    “Oh my gosh, yes. Calm down, woman. The baby and I and Asher are home now. Before I was discharged, I heard some of the nurses talking about Dr. Peters. They were gossiping about a stunning blonde they have seen him with a few times and said they thought he had a lunch date with her. Could that by chance be my beautiful blonde sister-in-law, Amelia?” she asks with mock sarcasm.
    “Nurses are gossiping about us.” I start to have a little mini freak out.
    “So it is true and it is you. I knew it.”
    “You knew what?” I ask her, getting irritated.
    “I saw the way he was looking at you. The nurses were all saying it was about time he started seeing someone. They were all a little bummed it wasn’t them , but they were all saying how they were glad he was getting back out there, whatever that meant.”
    “He just walked me back to the office . It was strange all he wanted to