Chapter 9 When Linus woke the sun streamed through his bedroom window and Micah was gone. He tried not to read too much into that, choosing instead to believe Micah had an early shift and didn’t want to disturb Linus when he left. Made perfect sense to him, too. He appreciated it. He took a long shower, then cooked himself eggs for breakfast, and drank a cup of coffee, before he left for the hospital. As he got busy with patients, he soon forgot any of his personal issues, but he did spot Micah working near the ICU area. It was several hours before he could get a break and Micah was nowhere to be found at the time, so Linus went to the cafeteria to get some coffee and ran into Geoff Spenser. “Oh, hey, Linus. Feeling better?” Linus frowned. “What?” “You canceled on me because of your

