Chapter 22
Drake met with his patients, paying extra attention to their charts, and ignoring their praise for saving Walt’s life. If he had one more patient shake his hand like he was some savior, he was going to scream. He didn’t deserve the praise, and he damn well didn’t want it. It had been two weeks. Surely there was something new on the gossip mill by now.
Every arm pat and kind words grated on him and pretty soon he was going to be raw. It was bad enough that he couldn’t get his disaster of a conversation with Sophie out of his mind. He thought getting his focus back on his job and Charlotte was the right thing to do, but if he was honest with himself, he was miserable. And even though they were not together, she was still at the forefront of his mind. Maybe in time, she would fad
