Marie Ferrarella - An Engagement For Two

That did little to comfort Sophia. “But I don’t know you,” she protested.

“Well, we’ll use the time to get to know each other,” Mikki told her.

Sophia murmured something under her breath that neither the doctor nor Jeff could make out. Jeff expected to see Mikki become annoyed. After all, she was bending over backward for his mother, who was being far from her usual genial self.

But the doctor only smiled, saying something encouraging to her in response.

Theresa had been right, Jeff thought as he accompanied his mother and her new doctor into the emergency room. Dr. McKenna was an absolute treasure. She was going out of her way to humor his mother and she hadn’t lost her temper once. Most people did when his mother behaved this way. It wasn’t often, but it was grating when it happened. He dearly loved the woman, but he wasn’t blind to her faults.

Once inside the emergency room, his mother was taken to a curtained-off bed in order to prepare her for the CT scan, ultrasound and several other necessary tests. Jeff waited outside the curtained area as one of the nurses went in to help his mother change into a hospital gown.

“I’ll take good care of her,” Mikki said, coming up behind him.

Surprised—he’d assumed that the doctor had left for the time being—Jeff turned around to look at the petite dark blonde.

“What about your other patients?” he asked. He remembered that Theresa had told him the doctor had a full schedule today. That was why she’d asked him to bring his mother in so early.

“I take good care of them, too,” Mikki answered with a smile.

He had no doubt that she did. There was something exceptionally competent about the woman. “I hope they’re not all like my mother.”

She laughed, and he liked the way her blue eyes crinkled.

“Oh, you’d be surprised,” she told him. “A great many of my patients require a lot of hand-holding and reassuring.”

“How do you do it?” he marveled.

“One hand at a time” was her answer.

Just then the nurse stepped out from between the curtained-off section. “She’s all ready,” the nurse told Mikki.

The latter nodded in response. “Then let’s get the show on the road.”

“Before you get started, Doctor,” Jeff said, stopping her for a moment, “I just want to say thank you.”

Her smile was warm and genuine. “No problem,” Mikki said.

“But there will be,” he replied with a sigh.

Mikki merely laughed in response.

* * *

The tests went far more quickly than he’d thought they would. He and his mother had arrived at the hospital at eight thirty. By ten fifteen the doctor had returned to tell him that she had all the results and she’d been able to diagnose his mother’s condition.

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