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"Morning, Chief," he said, as he merged alongside me. "I'll handle the code, you can go back to your meeting."
He knew I hated meetings. "I think I should stay close, junior. In case you run into difficulties."
"Suit yourself, pops."
Up ahead, the CEO's secretary sauntered towards us dressed in a clingy, white blouse and thigh-length gray skirt. With a smile, she addressed me first. "Good morning, Dr. Lassiter."
"Good morning, Ms. Stewart."
Then she smirked at Donovan and said, "Patrick."
"Rachel," he crooned. After she'd passed between us he raised a haughty eyebrow at me.
Damn it.
We entered the ER just as an ambulance crew arrived wheeling in our code-blue patient. A fireman, striding alongside the gurney, aggressively performed chest compressions on the middle-aged male victim. A nurse hailed them into exam room one.
Donovan handed me his coffee and nodded.
Let the show begin.
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