| �Look Helene I have to go, but there�s no reason why you can�t stay and enjoy yourself. I�m sure Hank here would be more than happy to keep you company.�
Helene looked at Hank and felt her stomach tie in knots as her heart began to race. Hank looked at Helene and couldn�t help but notice how she was even more beautiful up close. Sully said his goodbyes to Elizabeth and Josef and ran out of the hotel. Michaela had been thinking about the advice she�d gotten from Canice and Ashley and decided they had been right. �There�s no way you can protect someone from love� she thought. She finished her coffee and headed home. She knew what she had to do. Chapter 30 Michaela awoke the next morning anxious to set her plan into action. She had wanted to get started on it the night before, but by the time she got home she was exhausted. She pictured Sully�s reaction and nervousness came over her. �What if it�s too late?� she thought. She took a deep breath and pushed that thought out of her head. �No, I have to tell him.� She got dressed and headed out the door. After he left the charity event, Sully had planned on going over to Michaela�s house. He changed his mind when he saw what time it was. He figured Michaela would probably be asleep. Instead he decided to wait until the next day. Michaela had to get some things from the grocery store in order to make her plan possible. She had asked Dorothy to go with her so they could talk and so Michaela would have someone to ask for advice. �Michaela do you mind if we stop at the jewelry store first so I can get my ring fixed?� Dorothy asked as they headed into town. �No, that�s fine. It�s on the way.� They were walking into the jewelry shop when Michaela heard a familiar voice. She stopped in her tracks and listened. �Here it is.� �Oh it�s beautiful. It�s just perfect.� She turned around in the direction the voices were coming from, and her jaw dropped when she saw it was Sully. He was there with the same woman from last night and he was giving her a ring. She tried to call out to Dorothy, but she was already making her way to the jeweler. Dorothy noticed Michaela wasn�t walking beside her and turned to look for her. She saw Michaela was still at the door and with her eyes asked what was wrong. With her eyes Michaela pointed Dorothy in the direction Sully was, and Dorothy saw what Michaela had seen. She made her way back to Michaela, told her that the watch could wait and they left. After that encounter Michaela didn�t want to carry out her plan. Dorothy tried to get her to change her mind, but all she got in response from Michaela was. �It�s too late. I�ve lost him forever.� Since she didn�t have to worry about the �plan� Michaela decided to go to the hospital, and update some files She was heading to her office when she ran into Canice, Ashley and two other nurses. �Good afternoon Dr. Quinn,� Canice and Ashley said in unison. Michaela looked at the other nurses and realized she�d never met them before. �Good afternoon. I don�t believe we�ve met. My name is Dr. Michaela Quinn.� Canice and Ashley looked at the nurses, and remembered they had not been introduced. �Dr. Quinn these are our new nurses, Dawn and Anne. They just started working here.� �Ah, that would explain why I haven�t seen them around.� Canice gave Ashley a nudge and Ashley instantly knew what she wanted. She cleared her throat and in a soft voice said, �Dr. Quinn, did you settle your matter last night?� Michaela shook her head and began to feel that familiar lump in her throat. Ashley and Canice both sighed, they knew something had gone wrong. �Dr. Quinn.� Canice said, �We were just on our way to grab a bite to eat. Would you like to join us?� Michaela began to deny their invitation but Ashley quickly said, �Come on Dr. Quinn we could talk about it. Remember how much that helped last night?� |