CHAPTER THREE
The morning that Barbara was to leave North Island County Hospital, Jim and Ward were present along with Dr. Ridgeman to see her off.
"I'll be back," she told them when she had finished dressing and let them in to see her.
"I hope not," said Dr. Ridgeman.
"Not as a patient, but as a student nurse. I've found at long last the career I've been looking for."
"That's very funny," Jim said. "Now let me take your bags and we'll get going."
"I'm serious," she said, sitting down on her suitcase. "Dr. Ridgeman, can you help me get started?"
"Are you sure you want to become a nurse? I detect a hint of other reasons floating around."
"Doctor, how could you suspect me of conniving like that. I want to be a nurse, and I want to start training immediately."
"All right then. It jus
