______________________ . . . Mateo pushed the wheel chair on which River sat, looking lost and traumatized. The woman was playing her part to get that long leave. He had asked if she couldn't just resign and get a job when all of it settled down, to which she replied, "And be treated like an intern? No thanks." He got to see new shades of this character every day. An amazing surgeon. A concerned, loving and a delicate mother. A badass biker. A dangerous ex-gangster. A shrewd mastermind. And now, a crazy drama queen. "I just realized something.." She whispered. "What?" He asked as he wheeled her into the elevator. His car was parked in the basement. "Doesn't it mean the twins will have to skip school too?" He hadn't thought about that. "We will just home school them then." M

