The first official consequence of kissing Declan arrived as a calendar invitation.
ETHICS AND SELECTION DOCUMENTATION REVIEW.
No accusation. No emergency. Fifteen minutes with Franssen and an administrator from clinical education.
I stared at the subject line long enough for Rowan to notice from the next workstation.
“Everything okay?”
“Fine.”
It was becoming my least convincing word. The meeting was scheduled for the following afternoon. I did not tell Declan until dinner.
We were eating at opposite ends of the island because sitting beside him had become an act of strategic stupidity. Every time his knee brushed mine, I forgot what food was for. He listened while I explained. Then he put his fork down.
“Do you want me there?”
“I don’t.”
“Do you want a statement from me?”
“Not
