Chapter Thirty-Two
“I’m sorry I’m late, darling. I should have foreseen what would happen.”
Doreen kicked her shoes off. “Oh my aching puppies!”
“Are you okay?”
Karl had never seen a more lovely sight than disheveled Nurse Drake striding in, her suit coat over one arm, sleeves pushed up and three of the pearl buttons on her blouse undone. Now she pulled the pins from her unraveling hair and shook it out. Admiring that honey-brown cloud in the argent of the lantern had Karl wishing for the richness of candlelight. Doreen outshone all his fancies then as she gave him a dazzling smile.
“You are such a sweetheart! That was supposed to be my question for you! I am fine, just a little footsore. As I said, I should have expected it.
“They’re still chasing their tails over there. The second
