Working beside him
Emily
I had forgotten what it felt like to wake up with somewhere important to be.
For the past few weeks, my mornings had been painfully slow.
Wake up.
Eat.
Spend hours doing almost nothing.
And somehow, those quiet days had changed more about me than I was willing to admit.
But this morning was different.
My alarm had barely finished ringing before I was already sitting up in bed.
Today was the day.
We were returning to work.
Not as separate presidents.
Not as two doctors who happened to own hospitals with a complicated history.
But as co-presidents.
Seth and I.
Together.
I stared at myself in the mirror while fastening the last button of my blouse.
For some reason, my reflection looked nervous.
I frowned at myself.
“What are you nervous about?”
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