"Call for you on the house phone." Matt's voice came through the door. "You can take it in the office if youwant."
He kicked his legs out of the bed and opened the door. Matt was still standing there, a questioning look in hiseyes.
Dan raised his brows, and the other man shrugged, turning to go upstairs. Which left Dan to pad down the hall to Matt'soffice.
Previously Gideon'soffice.
And the scene of Dan’s crimes. He hadn't been in here since he'd returned to the TripleH.
He hesitated on the threshold, eyeing the phone lying off its receiver on thedesk.
Who was it? One way to findout.
He slipped into the room and picked up the receiver. "'Lo?"
"Hi,Dan."
Her voice was warm and sweet through the line, and he had to close his eyes against the rush ofemotion.
"Hi, Doc. What can I do for you?" He steeled himself forwe won't be continuing our lessonsorwe'll have toreschedule.
"It'sMegan."
Megan. NotDr.Fuller.
A hot knot rose in histhroat.
"I just wanted to call and confirm that Saturday still works for our nextlesson."
Seriously?
"Are you sure you want to do that?" he asked, unable to keep the wordsin.
"Are you kidding? Julianne's already snuck into Brady's room twice tonight. They'repumped."
The kids. But what abouther?
There was an awkwardpause.
Then, "We're new in town," she said with a soft catch in her voice. "And we can use all the friends we can get. And I was thinking... maybe you could use a friend,too."
Friends.
He wanted that more than he'd let himself want anything since the sheriff had shown up at his door three and a half yearsago.
And that scared him. He had a history of being a screw-up.
But he found himself saying, "Yeah," through a thick throat. "I could use a friend orthree."
