Australia: Handsome Heroes: His Secret Love-Child. Lilian Darcy
Читать онлайн книгу.don’t fancy doing it again?’ he asked mildly. ‘There’s a screaming need here.’
‘Cal suggested that,’ she told him. ‘But he suggested I do it at Townsville.’
Charles’s face stilled. He looked at her for a long minute and then he grimaced.
‘Cal’s a fool.’
‘No.’ She shrugged. ‘Not a fool. And I’m going home. There’s no place here for me.’
‘There’s always a place here for you,’ Charles told her forcibly. ‘Your reputation from Townsville was that of a splendid doctor and we’d be honoured to have you stay. Apart from really, really needing a cardiologist.’
‘And where does that leave Cal?’
‘Having to face what he should have faced five years ago,’ Charles told her.
She shook her head and closed her eyes. ‘Leave it, Charles.’
He looked up at her for a long minute—and then he sighed.
‘OK, We’ll leave it.’ He glanced up at her face once more and then through to the empty dispensary. ‘Were you looking for something?’
‘A pharmacist.’
‘We don’t have such a thing. We get what we need when we need it. Do you need something?’
‘Insulin.’
There was an even longer pause. ‘For you?’ he asked at last, and Gina thought, Yes, the man was fast. He’d have figured it couldn’t have been for CJ. She’d never have been able to leave him with strangers if it had been CJ.
‘Yes. For me.’
He frowned. ‘Does Cal know you’re diabetic?’
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