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bump on her head and a broken arm. She watched the doctor…Cason…write a few notes on the clipboard and then pull another sheet loose. “How’s your head?” She said before she thought about it. That was three weeks ago, she was probably long over the incident in the village.
    Cason smiled brightly and laughed. “My head’s fine. I had a smaller bump than you do now if that gives you any indication. I think my pride was hurt more. You pack a lot of punch for such a slender body.” She said as she looked down at the top half of Adler’s body which was covered only by a tight crème colored thermal shirt.
    “I may be slim, but it’s all lithe lean muscle.” Adler grinned.
    “Oh I don’t doubt that. You nailed me like a full back. I never saw you coming.” Adler laughed again. “It’s nice to finally meet you though. I’m sorry it’s under these circumstances.”
    “So, you’re an ER doctor here. Why haven’t I seen you before? I mean in the village.”
    Cason raised an eyebrow. “I’m sure you steer clear of people, from what I hear you’re somewhat of a celebrity. We’ve already had to close off this floor to ER personnel only.” Cason grinned when Adler’s eyes widened. “I’m kidding. No one knows you’re here but me, the nurse assisting me, and the EMT’s that brought you in. Oh and I think you have some friends in the waiting room.” She shrugged. “You haven’t seen me before because I’m not an ER doctor I’m a trauma surgeon. I actually live in Denver. It’s a long story. I’m here helping this hospital out for a few weeks.”
    “Oh.” Adler said. She had almost forgotten about her slimy piece of shit husband for a couple minutes. Almost. Dr. Cason Macauley was easy to talk to and definitely easy on the eyes. Where had that come from? Adler had never looked twice at a woman and she’d been naked with them many times changing for photo shoots or in the sauna after a long day of competition. Not once had she ever felt drawn to someone like she did with Cason…the doctor.
    Cason handed Adler the discharge papers and stepped back. “I’ll have the nurse escort your friends back here to take you home.” She turned to leave, but turned back around and stuck her hand out Adler place her surprisingly soft hand in hers. “Good luck this weekend.”
    Adler gently squeezed the warm soft skin of the slightly larger hand holding hers. “Thanks. Are you going?”
    “I’ll be there.” Cason winked and released her hand. Adler watched her walk out of the room.
     

 
    Nine
     
     
     
     
     
    Adler laid back down on the couch in her townhouse. She was on her second dose of Advil for the day and her head was still pounding. She wondered how much of it was because of the bump on the back of her head and how much was the stress of the situation her husband had created. She wanted a glass of wine. No, she wanted a bottle of wine, but she knew better than to mix the drugs and head injury with alcohol. She looked over at the picture of her and Kevin standing in the waves at Huntington Beach in California. Was he cheating then? How long had he been seeing other women? Did he even love her? Looking back on their three years together and two years of marriage she knew she loved him, but they never saw each other, they literally lived in two worlds. Was that fair to either of them? Still, it wasn’t a reason to run out and sleep with other people. When they did see each other he didn’t act like anything was wrong, but then again most cheating husbands played the role of husband really well. She got up and turned the picture around. She didn’t want to see his smiling face mocking her. She was glad she didn’t have a phone. She was sure he was probably calling constantly after his little shower blow job when he discovered who the caller was. She told Amy and Gordy she lost it in the snow on the mountain when they dropped her off. Amy drove her SUV for her and she rode with Gordy. He asked