“The minute hand had crawled to twenty minutes past noon. Where was Nick? On her lap, Jennie gurgled and gazed avidly at the two identically dressed boys on the opposite side of the doctor’s reception room, who appeared hell-bent on stripping the florist ribbon out of a flower arrangement. Their harried-looking father kept telling them to stop, to no avail. The twins had arrived half an hour after Candace, right on the heels of a little girl with a rash on her face. That patient had already been... sent in ahead, Candace having elected to miss Jennie’s scheduled appointment time and wait for Nick to arrive. Who was now forty minutes late. With every passing moment, it was becoming clearer that Nick had no intention of keeping the promise he’d made. Candace had tried to call him several times. Only to get his voice mail. She should’ve expected this. He’d told her he was busy. But she’d blissfully thought this time he would put Jennie first…before work. Had he ever intended to come?MoreLessRead More Read Less
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