Chapter 2
"Now, I want to see you in a week." Andy Brown said as he turned to wash his hands. "You know, you're very lucky to only have that laceration."
"Yeah, lucky." Hayden said as she sat up on the table. "Here, let me help." he said, stepping forward o help her stand. "I don't want you to fall, and mess up my handy work." Andy smiled as she took hold of his hand for support, as surge ran through her at his touch, but Hayden said nothing, and eased to her feet.
"I want you to stay off that leg as much as possible. It'll heal faster."
"Yes, sir, Dr. Brown."
"Andy, please. After all, you saved my daughter's life."
Hayden smiled, this man was unlike any she had ever met, and the emotions that ran through her at the touch of their hands, left her with many questions.
"It was nothing." Hayden said, still smiling.
"You just don't know how much it was." Andy replied, never taking his eyes from her's. "I just don't understand how you did it." the amazement apparent in his tone.
"I saw it in a vision." Hayden said plainly, telling the true. Andy looked at her for a long moment, then smile. "A visioin. I like that." his words were full of humor, and Hayden smiled back at him.
As they walked from the exam room, Delia was sitting in the waiting room with Edna. Delia said not a word, but smiled brightly at Hayden, and she couldn't help but smile back.
"I decided that she sould come to dinner tonight, daddy." Delia said, looking up at Andy who didn't know what to say.
"I'd love to, Delia, but I can't tonight." Hayden said, looking down at the little girl who had entered her life so suddenly. Delia looked disappointed, but she said nothing.
"Hey," Hayden said softly, sitting down in the nearest chair. "I already promised Dr. Abbott I'd come to dinner at his house. I haven't seen his family in six years, don't you think I should keep that promise." "I guess so." Delia said to her. "What if I promise you tomorrow? The whole day if you want it, to do what ever you want." Hayden said, smiling as Delia's face lite up. "That is," she began as she looked towards Andy, "If it's okay with your father. I wouldn't want to do anything to mess up his handy work." she smiled, turning his own words back at him. "Well, Daddy?" Delia said, a pleady look on her face.
Andy paused for a moment, Hayden was a stranger to his family, but something drew him towards her, and besides, how could he say no to his only daughter.
"Sure, it's fine with me, but it has to be something light. She needs to keep off that leg as much as possible, Delia." he finially said.
"Don't worry, Daddy, I'll make sure she does." Delia's smile was contagious, and everyone else smiled too.
"Let me help you to your car, I had Edna park it out front." Andy said, as he once again helped her to her feet.
"Thank you." she said to him, then turn her attention to Delia once again. After getting a small piece of paper from Edna, Hayden wrote her name, and number on it. "This is my number, you call me in the morning, not before 8 please, and we will work out what we'll do." "Ok." Delia answered.
"You didn't have to do that." Andy said when they were outside. "Aye, I did." Hayden replied her accent strong. A silence feel between them, but their eyes never moved from one another. "I will see you tomorrow, Dr. Brown, and thank you again." and with that, Hayden got into her car and drove away.
"Now, I want to see you in a week." Andy Brown said as he turned to wash his hands. "You know, you're very lucky to only have that laceration."
"Yeah, lucky." Hayden said as she sat up on the table. "Here, let me help." he said, stepping forward o help her stand. "I don't want you to fall, and mess up my handy work." Andy smiled as she took hold of his hand for support, as surge ran through her at his touch, but Hayden said nothing, and eased to her feet.
"I want you to stay off that leg as much as possible. It'll heal faster."
"Yes, sir, Dr. Brown."
"Andy, please. After all, you saved my daughter's life."
Hayden smiled, this man was unlike any she had ever met, and the emotions that ran through her at the touch of their hands, left her with many questions.
"It was nothing." Hayden said, still smiling.
"You just don't know how much it was." Andy replied, never taking his eyes from her's. "I just don't understand how you did it." the amazement apparent in his tone.
"I saw it in a vision." Hayden said plainly, telling the true. Andy looked at her for a long moment, then smile. "A visioin. I like that." his words were full of humor, and Hayden smiled back at him.
As they walked from the exam room, Delia was sitting in the waiting room with Edna. Delia said not a word, but smiled brightly at Hayden, and she couldn't help but smile back.
"I decided that she sould come to dinner tonight, daddy." Delia said, looking up at Andy who didn't know what to say.
"I'd love to, Delia, but I can't tonight." Hayden said, looking down at the little girl who had entered her life so suddenly. Delia looked disappointed, but she said nothing.
"Hey," Hayden said softly, sitting down in the nearest chair. "I already promised Dr. Abbott I'd come to dinner at his house. I haven't seen his family in six years, don't you think I should keep that promise." "I guess so." Delia said to her. "What if I promise you tomorrow? The whole day if you want it, to do what ever you want." Hayden said, smiling as Delia's face lite up. "That is," she began as she looked towards Andy, "If it's okay with your father. I wouldn't want to do anything to mess up his handy work." she smiled, turning his own words back at him. "Well, Daddy?" Delia said, a pleady look on her face.
Andy paused for a moment, Hayden was a stranger to his family, but something drew him towards her, and besides, how could he say no to his only daughter.
"Sure, it's fine with me, but it has to be something light. She needs to keep off that leg as much as possible, Delia." he finially said.
"Don't worry, Daddy, I'll make sure she does." Delia's smile was contagious, and everyone else smiled too.
"Let me help you to your car, I had Edna park it out front." Andy said, as he once again helped her to her feet.
"Thank you." she said to him, then turn her attention to Delia once again. After getting a small piece of paper from Edna, Hayden wrote her name, and number on it. "This is my number, you call me in the morning, not before 8 please, and we will work out what we'll do." "Ok." Delia answered.
"You didn't have to do that." Andy said when they were outside. "Aye, I did." Hayden replied her accent strong. A silence feel between them, but their eyes never moved from one another. "I will see you tomorrow, Dr. Brown, and thank you again." and with that, Hayden got into her car and drove away.