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off early and these cases end up going well into the next morning.”
    “Bye Emerald,” Shauntie said.
    “Bye girl,” Emerald answered and closed the phone tossing it back into her purse.
    Getting out of the car, Emerald shut the door and then set her car alarm before heading towards the entrance. Her boss did get on her last nerve with his flirty comments and lingering looks, but when it came to determining the cause of death of a body, Dr. Martin David was the best Chief Medical Examiner in the whole state.
    Emerald was woman enough to admit that she was beyond lucky to be his assistant. In the short five years she had worked alongside him, the knowledge she’d gained was priceless.
    Her first year on the job, Emerald learned very fast how to deal with assisting with an autopsy, police officers and helping a grieving family by using empathy.
    Honestly, if her boss hadn’t been nice enough to work with her, she wouldn’t be still at a job she truly loved more than anything in the world.
    Walking inside the building, she headed down the long hallway towards the elevators wondering why Dr. David hadn’t called her to meet him onsite for the first examination of the body. She was usually there to collect specimens and help him transport the newly found body.
    Emerald stopped in front of the elevators and pushed the arrow. Usually, she wasn’t fond of coming to work on her days off since she seldom got them. However, today the call from her boss turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
    She wasn’t really in the frame of mind to sit at Shauntie’s house. Both of her girlfriends finished her challenge in record time and actually fell in love with two great guys. How could she sit there and listen to them talk about all of the good things going on in their lives while she was still searching for her hunk?
    Yeah, Emerald knew it was only the beginning of January and she still had a little while before Valentine’s Day. However, the kind of guy she truly desired wasn’t going to fall from the sky right into her lap. Those kinds of things only happened in those romantic comedy movies that she refused to watch anytime they were released in the theaters.
    Her current ‘boyfriend’ Adonis was a nice enough guy and he was attractive with his light brown eyes and smooth caramel complexion, but he was as dull as a bag of bricks. Every day after work, all he wanted to do was spend time with her or have her hang out at his house.
    The beep of the elevator signaled Emerald of its arrival. The metal doors opened and Emerald walked on pushing the button she needed. Resting her head back against the elevator wall, she waited as the door slid closed.
    Things couldn’t keep going on the way they were with Adonis. They’d only been seeing each other for about a month, but Emerald knew nothing else would happen between them. Adonis just didn’t get her blood racing. There was nothing about his touch that made her want him to touch her any further.
    Shit! Even his kisses were lackluster and too much on the boring side for her. She needed more of a take charge kind of man and Adonis, as sweet as he was, was just too much of a follower for her tastes.
    In the past, she had dated guys just to tell people she was in a relationship. Because in the back of her mind, Emerald constantly held out hope that this was only for now. Her perfect man was on his way and someday in the very near future things would be different for her.
    Yet, it had taken dating Adonis for her to fully understand that she was lowering her standards way too much. She was about to settle into a pattern she wouldn’t have been happy with five years ago.
    Emerald hated the thought of being one of those women who stayed with a guy out of obligation, or he was a good friend to her, and even worse she was afraid to be alone.
    She was tired of living her life for something that might not ever show up. So, it was about time she started living each day to the fullest and not