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A little after six, he was getting a kiss at the door and walking out.
He normally got to work by six thirty, sometimes earlier on the weekends like today so not a huge deal. Nothing to draw eyes to anything or anyone.
As much as he wasn’t hiding what he had with Arden, the last thing he needed was more eyes on her. Not until they got whatever was happening in her life figured out.
27
COMING TOGETHER
“Thanks,” Arden said ten days later. “I appreciate everything.”
She’d just hung up with Officer Lancaster. She knew nothing was going to come of her tire nor the cameras at the hospital.
She’d been parked in a blind zone. Something she wouldn’t do again, even if that meant parking further away.
Not ideal when she knew someone was out to scare her, but the hospital security had said they’d come get her and walk in or out with her if she called and let them know.
She found that odd until she realized Blaze had spoken to them about it.
Sweet of him to do it, but unnecessary.
The last thing she wanted or needed was someone else spending more time watching her moves.
The fact life had been quiet on that front helped some.
Her personal life, that was getting better. Nicer.
Happier.
“What has you smiling? Seems to me you were more frustrated than anything when you hung up right now.”
She looked at her boss, Katherine. Her department knew what had happened to her car. The notes, that was only told to Katherine.
“Isn’t that the name of the game here?” she asked, her grin still in place.
“At times, but I overheard you on the phone and it sounded as if you were talking to the police. Any leads on anything?”
“No. I’ve tried to think of who else it could be. Since I’ve been here, the only person who really gave me a hard time was Abigail Oliver’s mother and her boyfriend. But nothing that I thought would lead to this. That was Officer Lancaster saying that both of them were at work when my tire was slashed so it couldn’t have been them.”
“And you hate anyone is being questioned, because if they weren’t annoyed with you before, now they will be, and it will make it harder for you to do your job?”
“Exactly that. I know Abigail is living with her grandmother now. Last I checked with social services, things were good, but I can guarantee now we won’t see them again. Or they will be on their best behavior there. I’d be willing to bet they avoid this hospital altogether if they have a need for one.”
“You’re probably right, but we take the safety of our staff just as seriously as our patients. I’m sorry this is happening here.”
“Me too.”
“What about old cases from your last job?” Katherine asked.
“I gave that information to the police also. It was touchy and I had to talk to my old supervisors and inform them. It’s taken time for any information to be released, but looking back, there wasn’t anyone that I really worried about. I left the job because I was moving here, not because I was having issues there.”
Was she burning out? Sure, everyone in this field felt that pain.
But her personal life was more on fire than her professional one.
The move was to get things on track with Gracie more than her career. She could have stayed at her last job but didn’t want the longer commute that meant losing the time with her daughter.
Once she knew she had the job here, it was just a matter of finding a home. The townhouse almost fell into her lap with a fast closing.
