Thirty – FiveLove was a pain in the ass. Respecting the rules for cell phone use in the Emergency exam rooms, Ben had picked up the in-house phone, lied to the hospital operator (to Rickie's giggles) about a phony affiliation with the police, and got an outside line. He'd been trying to call Erin since, without success. It had happened a hundred times, before their relationship bloomed, and he hadn't given it a second thought. Now he and Erin were in love, and she was pregnant with his child, and she was out there in the streets with whatever else was out there – not being able to reach her was making him crazy. So, like a crazy person, he added both her apartment and his to the list of numbers she wasn't answering. He slammed the phone down with a snarl.
Rickie lay comfortably on his whe
