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her belongings for her cell.”
    “Thanks.” She took a step in toward room four to check on her charge. “Can you call her father and get him down here? We really need permission to treat and he needs to be here for his daughter and to know about his wife passing away.”
    “Sure.”
    “Thanks.”
    Savannah slipped back inside the exam room where Molly lay. The nurse she’d left with the little girl had removed her cervical collar and Molly now sat on the side of the gurney. “Who said the collar and back board could come off?”
    “Doctor Cooper.”
    “Doctor Cooper? I don’t know anyone by that name.”
    “New attending. Just started tonight, in fact. What a way to be thrown into a mess, huh? Cute. Dark hair. Blue eyes. He’s got all the nurses in a twitter.”
    Savannah frowned before she said, “Did he come in and see her after I already said I had this room?”
    “He asked who had treated her and I told him. He didn’t seem to know you either, but he said her CAT scan was negative.”
    “Savannah? Where’s my mom?”
    Savannah’s heart clenched in her chest when she shot a glance at the nurse then moved to sit beside Molly. “We are trying to get in touch with your daddy, sweetie.”
    The door of the exam room opened and John stuck his head in. With a swift nod, he told her to come out into the hall.
    “I’ll be right back, okay?”
    Molly nodded and Savannah moved toward the door. A quick glance at her small charge and she walked out.
    “What’s up, John?”
    “I got in touch with her father. He’s on the way.”
    “Did you tell him about his wife?”
    “No. I only told him there had been a bad accident and they were both here.”
    She looked over John’s shoulder and saw the back of what she assumed to be the new doctor Marie mentioned, while he bent over and studied an x-ray. Her eyebrow rose when her gaze dropped to his ass.
    Nice.
    “Savannah?”
    Her gaze swung back to the officer in front of her. “Huh? Sorry, John. What did you say?”
    “I said I need to get back out there. I guess I’ll see you around.”
    “Yeah, I guess so. Be careful. I don’t want to see you in here on one of those stretchers.”
    “Like you care.”
    “I do! I don’t want to see anyone I know on a gurney.”
    “I’ll see what I can do about keeping myself off one, then. See you later?”
    She shrugged. “I’ll be right here.”
    He shook his head with a smile and headed for the double doors leading outside.
    Tipping her head back on her shoulders, she stared at the tiled ceiling for a moment before she sighed, spun on her heels, and headed back for exam four and Molly.
    “Code blue exam four. Code blue exam four.”
    “Fuck! Molly!” Savannah ran to the door and slammed it back against the wall. “What the hell happened?”
    “I don’t know. She just crashed,” Marie said grabbing the ambu bag and starting to breathe for the little girl while Savannah did compressions. Another nurse rolled in the pediatric crash cart.
    “Come on, Molly. Don’t do this, baby.”
    “What’s going on?”
    Savannah lifted her head and her heart stopped when her gaze clashed with the blue eyes of the man attached to the solid wall of muscle she’d slammed into earlier.

Chapter Two

    “She crashed. What the hell does it look like?” Savannah snapped while she continued to pump on the little girl’s chest. She grimaced when she felt her ribs crack.
    “Get me an ET tube. What’s her rhythm?”
    Savannah backed off on the compressions so they could check her heartbeat on the monitor. She released a huge rush of air when a steady blip blip sound echoed through the room.
    “She’s in sinus.” He grabbed an endotracheal tube to intubate. Once the tube was in place, he secured it and sighed. “Get her on the vent.” Everyone filed out of the room except blue eyes and her. Savannah stayed next to the little girl’s bed, brushing the curls away from her face.
    “Who in the hell is in charge of her