Perfect rivalry, p.24
Perfect Rivalry, page 24
Dani raised her brows, her eyes sparkling. “Hey, I like the booty calls. But I’d also really like having you here all the time, even if we probably wouldn’t see each other half of it anyhow.”
“All right,” Ren said, mentally preparing the to-do list, “I’ll contact a Realtor to rent the house and find a property manager. And then we’ll need to schedule a mover, and coordinate our schedules, and—”
“Baby,” Dani murmured, “I think we better get to the meeting, or we won’t have jobs and we won’t have to worry about the rest of it.”
“Oh!” Ren sat up. “That’s a much better plan.”
Zoey waited while they showered and dressed, and the three of them left for the hospital together. Along the way they met Syd and Emmett, and when they reached the auditorium, Jerry and Sadie were waiting.
“Hey,” Syd said, “we’re all together. That almost never happens.”
Jerry smiled, and even Sadie seemed glad to see everyone. “Seemed like something we should do as a group.”
They took seats in the second row, and promptly at seven, Quinn came in, gave them the results of the surgery match, and let them all know that once again the incoming first year residents were a good crop.
Quinn surveyed the hall filled with residents. “Tomorrow all of you fourth years will be chief residents. You’ll be responsible for guiding the junior residents through the upcoming year. Zoey Cohen”—she shot a fleeting smile in Zoey’s direction—“will be the chief surgical resident, seeing that all of you make the most of your last year of training. Congratulations, Zoey.”
Zoey gasped and searched the far side of the room where Dec sat as those around her turned to congratulate her. Even Sadie gave her a quick shoulder bump.
“We’re also,” Quinn continued, “very pleased to announce that the recipient of the Franklin Surgical Award, given each year to the outstanding chief resident who demonstrates proficiency in surgery…”
Ren reached over and grasped Dani’s hand.
“…is Emmett McCabe.”
“Whoa,” Emmett blurted loud enough to make everyone laugh.
Ren and Dani simultaneously called, “Hey, way to go, McCabe. Go get your award.”
Syd kissed Emmett and pushed her to her feet. “Go. Congratulations, baby.”
Ren glanced at Dani as Emmett made her way to the stage. “Emmett was a good choice.”
“Yep. Totally cool. And totally right.” Dani smiled. “You would have been too.”
Ren said, “You know, I already have all I want. I have you. I love you.”
“Funny,” Dani said, “I’d say it’s a win-win for both of us then, since I love you back. So, about those plans…”
About the Author
Radclyffe has written over sixty romance and romantic intrigue novels as well as a paranormal romance series, The Midnight Hunters, as L.L. Raand.
She is a three-time Lambda Literary Award winner in romance and erotica and received the Dr. James Duggins Outstanding Mid-Career Novelist Award by the Lambda Literary Foundation. A member of the Saints and Sinners Literary Hall of Fame, she is also an RWA/FF&P Prism Award winner for Secrets in the Stone, an RWA FTHRW Lories and RWA HODRW winner for Firestorm, an RWA Bean Pot winner for Crossroads, an RWA Laurel Wreath winner for Blood Hunt, and a Book Buyers Best award winner for Price of Honor and Secret Hearts. She is also a featured author in the 2015 documentary film Love Between the Covers, from Blueberry Hill Productions. In 2019 she was recognized as a “Trailblazer of Romance” by the Romance Writers of America.
In 2004 she founded Bold Strokes Books, one of the world’s largest independent LGBTQ publishing companies, and is the current president and publisher.
Find her at facebook.com/Radclyffe.BSB, follow her on Twitter @RadclyffeBSB, and visit her website at Radfic.com.
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