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  Eva had her head down looking at the notes as she walked along. Male, aged thirty-five.

  She pulled back the curtain still not looking up until a man’s voice said.

  “Hello, Dr. McQuire.”

  It sounded a lot like Alex’s, but that was impossible. Guess she was imagining things, which meant she missed him more than she’d originally thought. When she looked up, there he sat with his legs dangling over the side of the table holding a bunch of red roses. Her favorite flowers.

  She smiled. “I take it you’re the man with the chest pains.”

  “Broken heart I think, Doc. Ever since this gorgeous lady left town.”

  He put the flowers on the table beside him and reached out for her.

  They kissed and then he rubbed his nose against hers.

  “You think you can help me, Doc?”

  “What do you have in mind?”

  “Hearing the lady say it wasn’t just a summer fling.”

  Eva closed her eyes. She’d so wanted to hear that, but she’d been scared to be the first one to say it.

  “Definitely not a fling,” she said.

  “So how are we going to handle the long distance thing?” he asked.

  “We won’t have to.”

  “You think I can get a job in the police department in Denver?”

  “You don’t have to because I want to be a small town doctor. I spoke with Dr. Jackson and he said he’s been thinking about taking on a partner before he retires next year. Job’s mine if I want it.”

  “Really?”

  “ Really. Plus with being a small town doc your feet hurt a lot less, you know everyone, and best of all, small towns have sexy sheriffs.”

  He pulled her in closer and squeezed both her butt cheeks.

  “Any chance of you giving me another physical while I’m here?”

  “You going to be put up another fight?”

  He burst out laughing. “No more fighting on my part. Anytime you want to check me out my body’s all yours.”

  “Um, I like the sound of that.”

  “So when you coming home?” he asked her.

  “When are you going home?”

  “I’m booked on a flight at 5:00 p.m. tomorrow.”

  “Then I guess that’s when I’m going home too.”

  The End

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