Ch1: Opening a Practice and Friendships
A couple of months after saving Cody Stanton's life when he had appendices, Abigail was so thankful for all Carson had done to save his life, it was then Carson realized that the town of Hope Valley was the place that he wanted to stay and open a family/ town practice to care for the citizens of Hope Valley. He was unsure at first if he wanted to go back into medicine, but the citizens of Hope Valley encouraged him after he had saved Cody Abigail's adoptive son. He would open his practice in the towns infirmary building that Faith Carter had reopened a year or two earlier and he would ask Faith to stay on as his nurse and assistant to help him. After making up his mind to open his practice he went in search of Faith and asked;
"Miss Carter, would you consider being my nurse and assistant in my practice" Carson asked
"Please, call me Faith and I would love to" Faith replied
"Thank you so much Faith, and you can call me Carson. I know we will make a great team" Carson says
After Carson had asked her to stay on as his nurse and join the practice he would open in town which Faith knew was definitely needed in the town of Hope Valley she was thankful that he had shown up in town as were the rest of the residents.
After deciding to open his practice in town Carson was able to get it up and running pretty quickly as only a few things were needed to fix up the infirmary to make it comfortable as residents waited to be seen. This was all done within two months. Carson was also starting to form friendships with Faith his nurse and assistant, along with the other residents of Hope Valley which Included Elizabeth and Jack Thornton, Rosemary and Lee Coulter, Abigail Stanton, Clara Stanton, Jesse Flynn, Bill Avery, and the other town residents. Carson knew it would not be long until all the residents heard about him and his practice as he knew the town was small especially when Florence Blackly and Dottie Ramsey started spreading the news to the other residents of the town. As the months went by, Carson was glad he was able to make friends pretty quickly and he soon started to have feelings as more than friendship for his nurse and assistant Faith Carter, but he was so scared and nervous to admit it to her. He knew he would gather up his courage he needed to face her to tell her as long as he knew she felt the same way about him eventually. His practice was also off to a great start which he was glad it was and the residents were thankful to finally have a full time doctor in town all the time he knew since they had to go to the next town or wait for one to come to town previously before he had shown up in town. Life in Hope Valley was just perfect for him, and just the fresh start he needed as he returned to doing what he loved.
