Cole Pov The only sound in the room while I was looking through a patients file was the soft scratch of my pen on paper. The office had a serene almost quiet atmosphere the bulb overhead created long shadows against the walls. I let myself enjoy the quiet which was a short-lived luxury in a doctor's otherwise hectic life . Then a knock came all of a sudden. Sharp and insistent, it broke the silence, the sound came again, piercing the air like a startling chord. I sighed, as I put the pen down, my brow furrowed. "Come in." I called my voice calm and collected showing no signs of the anger that was brewing deep inside of me. Barbara came in as the door creaked open. She was the least person I was expecting to see. Her body hovered in the doorway, a coy smile on her face . I

