Healed By The Single Dad Doc. Annie Claydon

to see that the bruises on her arm had faded now. More than that, there was a lightness about her. Maybe she’d been right in getting straight back to work. It seemed that the last three weeks had lifted the burden that had rested on her shoulders.

      ‘I’m sorry about Sam ambushing you.’

      ‘That’s okay. He’s working it out for himself.’

      Ethan thought about asking Kate what Sam had said to her and decided against it. If Sam had wanted him to know, he wouldn’t have made such a show of whispering in Kate’s ear. It seemed that Sam had grasped the concept of having secrets now, and Ethan supposed he should respect that.

      She leaned forward, the evening sunlight tangling in her hair. For a moment, Ethan couldn’t move. ‘Can I come in, then?’

      ‘Oh. Yes, of course. Thanks for coming.’

      He showed her through to the conservatory, and she walked across to Jeff’s basket, kneeling down. It looked as if Jeff was just sleeping, and Kate was stroking him gently, but Ethan knew that she was examining him.

      ‘I think...’ She looked up at him suddenly. ‘Is Sam going now?’

      ‘Yes, in a minute. As soon as my mother gets his things together. I think he’s been waiting to see you.’

      She pressed her lips together, in an unspoken understanding that this was hard. ‘I think that if Sam has any goodbyes to say...’