Chapter 10

The day went faster than I thought it would.  True to his word, Peter lessened my load by helping me with whatever patients I felt comfortable having him see. It was both refreshing and reassuring when several of them insisted on seeing me. I know it’s silly of me to worry, but with such a large education debt looming over me, I was a little fearful of failure.  Not to mention that walking in Peter’s shadow was a bit intimidating.

He kept himself busy in between patients by tending to some of the filing and making reminder phone calls to those who had appointments the next day.

When the last patient left, I leaned against the door after locking it and smiled my thanks to him.  “I appreciate your help.”

“We make a good team,” he said as he

stood up and stretched in a cat-like manner.  “How about some dinner?”

“I’m too tired to cook.”

“I’ve lived