Chapter 18: Opal?
Nash turned his key in the front door and opened it. Work at the hospital had been awful, what with everyone knowing so much about his business. Even the damned patients knew about the ongoing drama in his personal life and weighed in with their unwanted opinions. Maintaining a professional demeanor had never been a bigger challenge.
Even so, walking in the front door at home was something he dreaded even more than facing the stares and the sharply ending conversations when he approached people at work. Sam’s indecision was wearing down his last nerve.
At this point, he was almost beyond caring which way it went, he just needed a final verdict. That was a truly baffling feeling, because losing Sam would literally shatter him. Two years, they’d been together. Nash had s
