On her next break, Lexie stepped outside just in time to see an ambulance rush past the conference building. She stepped closer to the class and felt an odd rock of sensation drop into her belly.
It was an unusual sensation that didn't have a name.
Instinctively she reached for her phone only to remember that she didn't have it with her.
They'd left their phones at the registration desk.
It didn't make any sense.
Kaleo was a firefighter.
She'd seen an ambulance pass by and there was no reason why she should think about Kaleo like this. To worry that he'd been hurt.
No reason, right?
Except she'd be lying to say she had 'no reason.'
They'd only spent a few hours together, but she'd felt a real connection to him.
There was no denying that.
She just didn't know how to get rid of this feeling that something had gone wrong.
Lexie lifted up her hand and used the heel of her hand to press against her heart.
It was crazy, right?
The test room door opened up behind her and a voice called out into the quiet of the hallway. "One hour left! One hour left."
Lexie turned around and shook her head to clear her thoughts.
She really needed to focus.
After the test was over, she'd call Kaleo and see how things were going on his first shift at Twenty-nine.
It was probably just fine.
Right?
The monitor at the door held it open for her to go back into the testing room.
She walked back to her desk and sat down to finish the last handful of questions on the test, but she just couldn't shake the feeling that something had gone wrong.
SEVEN
LEXIE
As soon as she finished with the exam, she found a quiet place in one of the outdoor courtyards and even with the chill in the air, she was happy to have the quiet.
She dialed Kaleo's number and it rang a few times before going to voice mail.
She knew he was working a shift at the firehouse. That meant that they were busy.
Lexie kept telling herself that as she walked from one end of the courtyard to the other, wondering.
Was it too much for her to go to the fire station to see what was going on?
She knew the answer to that.
