Chapter Six
Jessa
Last night’s shift at Hamburger Hut hadn’t seemed as brutal as most nights. Maybe it was Stone's brief visit that had made it more than simply bearable. He did have a way of making me smile — that was undeniable.
It would’ve been nice if we could’ve talked longer, but I had to plan next week’s schedule, and there was the grocery order that I had to get done too. Free time wasn’t a thing I had much of. And for the first time since I’d begun this journey of becoming a doctor, I missed having free time — time to do whatever I wanted with whomever I wanted.
Coffee and a chocolate-covered donut helped quiet my rumbling tummy as I sat at a small table in the hospital’s cafeteria. With a fifteen-minute break, there wasn’t time to eat a whole meal.
“Care if I join you, Miss
