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Dorothy had spent the evening with Katherine. She didn�t want to leave her alone in case she suffered another heart attack. Dorothy enjoyed Katherine�s company. They talked nonstop throughout the picnic and kept finding more things to talk about. Before going to bed Katherine had asked Dorothy if she�d heard the legend of the doctor and a mountain man. �No, I don�t think I�ve ever heard that legend.� �Well then my dear let me tell you the most romantic legend ever told.� Dorothy sat in front of Katherine at the kitchen table as she began to tell her the story. �It all starts in 1867 right here in Colorado Springs.� �That year a lady doctor from Boston came here to practice medicine. She had read an advertisement and after her father died, she decided to move out west and start over. Back then lady doctors were unheard of, and the townspeople were not very kind to her.� Katherine went on to tell Dorothy about the legend leaving nothing out. Dorothy listened intently to everything Katherine was saying. As the story went on she noticed that something sounded familiar, but she let Katherine finish her story without any interruptions. �And when she died he promised that they would always be together. Always and forever.� �How do you suppose they�re going to find each other? I mean that�s over 100 years ago.� �Well, many people think dreams are the window to the soul. They say that sometimes when you dream something that seems so real; that that�s your soul trying to get your attention.� �That�s so romantic. I hope they really do find their way back to each other some day.� �What did you say their names were?� Dorothy had just realized that Katherine had not mentioned names. �Well, the lady doctor was Dr. Michaela Quinn, and the mountain man was Byron Sully.� Dorothy�s eyes grew wide, and Katherine immediately noticed. �What�s the matter Dorothy?� �Well, I was just thinking. What if�.� �What if our Dr. Quinn and Sully are the ones whose souls are looking for each other?� Dorothy nodded and smiled. �Yes, that�s what I was thinking. Do you think that could really be the case?� �Only way to find out is to wait.� Sully had walked Michaela back to her home, and she was now at the hospital. She was having trouble keeping her thoughts on her work. One minute she was updating files and the next minute she was recalling the events of the day before. She couldn�t help but smile every time she thought of Sully. She kept forcing her mind to focus on the files, but her heart just wasn�t into it. Sully wasn�t having much luck either. He was working on the house he was building and he knew he was supposed to concentrate on his work. However the part of the house he was building was by a few rose bushes. Every time the wind blew his nostrils would fill up with the sweet fragrance of the roses. After that first kiss, he would never be able to smell roses without thinking of Michaela. Unable to resist temptations when the breeze blew the scent into his nose again, sully climbed down from the ladder. He walked over to the rose bushes and carefully picked a few of them. They were beautiful, but in his mind they couldn't hold a candle to Michaela. He held a rose up to his nose and a thought suddenly occurred to him. He went back to work, and as he was working he elaborated on his plan. Michaela was finishing her rounds before she headed home. She reached her office and saw that there was a note on the door. She took the note off the door and went inside to put her files on her desk. She opened the note and read it. ��I�m Waiting for you outside.� �Who could be waiting for me?� Chapter 12 She grabbed her things and walked out the door locking it behind her. As she walked down the hall she kept looking down at the note. �I�m waiting for you outside.� Before she knew it, she was at the lobby. She clutched the note tight and headed out the door. She looked around to see who could be waiting for her. She couldn�t see anyone she recognized. Was this some kind of a joke? |