I picked up the check and tore it in half.
After what had happened between us last night, how could he dismiss me this easily?
"Aren't you here for the money?" he said, glaring.
"I am. That doesn't mean I can be kicked out like this." My voice stayed calm. "You're a patient. I gave you emergency care. I don't see what I did wrong. The real problem is that you've given up on yourself." I let my gaze fall to the legs hidden beneath the blanket. "It wouldn't matter if you had the best medical team in the world."
"Get out!"
"You can throw me out, and the next nurse, and the one after that. The muscle still won't heal on its own. You will never return to the way you were before the injury."
"You think you have any right to say that to me?" Adrian shouted again.
"Adrian, apologize to her.
