Cinderella Story. Elizabeth AugustЧитать онлайн книгу.
too close. A mother with a child with a brain tumor wasn’t every man’s dream woman, she mused dryly, rounding the car and climbing in behind the wheel. And even if she’d been childless, she was certain she wouldn’t have been Alex Bennett’s choice for a companion. He traveled in a much more elite crowd.
Driving away, she glanced in her rearview mirror to see him heading back into the hospital. Again she wondered why he’d bothered to give her any of his time. “We must have been Mr. Bennett’s good deed for the day,” she said to Tommy.
When he made no response, she glanced toward him to see that he was again asleep.
Brain surgery! The thought terrified her. “We’ll get through this,” she said aloud, using the sound of her voice to give her courage.
* * *
Alex Bennett ordered himself to start thinking about finding someone else to play the part of his fiancée. Instead, Nina and Tommy Lindstrom’s faces haunted him. The mother had looked desperate. The child was clearly scared.
He had his own problems! he reminded himself. His grandfather was on the brink of death and expecting him to produce a wife-to-be.
The frown on his face deepened. Approaching the desk, he asked the nurse to page Dr. Genkins.
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