endless emotional revolving door. Being a single parent, a father, had made him stronger. Made him stand up for what was right for himself and Daisy.
If he didn’t hear from Anna by tomorrow morning, or the outcome of their conversation wasn’t to his satisfaction, he would speak to DI Garrett.
He reread Leah’s text.
The notion of spending time with her today suddenly felt like the only balm to his frustration. Yet wouldn’t she just get on his case again for not calling the police?
The living room door opened and Daisy entered, her sick Barbies laid out on a kitchen tray. He smiled. “Uh-oh, they don’t look too good.”
“They’re resting, Daddy. I didn’t want to stay upstairs anymore, so I thought the living room could be the new hospital.”
“No problem.”
“I wish we could go out somewhere today. It’s sunny.”
He looked to the window. The sky was clear blue, the sun bright and inviting. Leah’s text taunted him until he slowly exhaled. He turned to Daisy with a strained smile. “How about we take your patients to the beach?”
Her eyes lit up. “Really?”
Ethan nodded. “Yes.”
Her gaze dimmed and she frowned. “But they might get sand in their cuts.”
“Maybe...but Leah will know what to do if that happens.”
Her sudden grin was wider than the sun. “Leah’s coming, too?”
He shrugged. “If you don’t mind?”
“Yay! Quick, hold my Barbies. I’m going to find my swimsuit.”
She shoved the tray at him and fled from the room.
Smiling for real now, Ethan laid the tray on the coffee table and turned to his phone. Whether it was more for Daisy or himself, he wasn’t sure, but spending the day with Leah was bound to mean, at best, a nice few hours at the beach...or worst, Leah manhandling him into Templeton’s police station. Either way, it would turn out to be a different kind of day than he and Daisy had been expecting when they woke that morning.
He typed Leah a returning text before doubt could set in.
The beach sounds great. You might want to bring your first aid kit. Nurse Daisy has some critically ill Barbies. Ethan.
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