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the card over and looked on the back, where the numbers were written in bold strokes—clear and legible, unlike the proverbial doctor’s scrawl she would have expected to see.
    He’d given her permission to call him, but would she?
    Should she?
    Maybe she could use the results of their visit with Dr.
    Kragen as an excuse to call him now. At least, he would then have a record of her number.
    She hesitated only a moment before taking her cell phone from her purse and dialing the number he’d given her.
    Jeremy answered on the third ring. “Hello?”
    Her words jammed in her throat as she contemplated hanging up before indentifying herself. But she felt compelled to finish what she’d started. “Dr. Fortune? This is Kirsten Allen. I just wanted to let you know that Dr.
    Kragen told us Anthony looks good and appears to be healthy.”
    â€œI’m glad to hear that.”
    â€œI’d worried about not having any of Anthony’s medical records, but Dr. Kragen ordered a blood test to check to see if he’s had any of his immunizations yet. So that’s one less thing for me to stress about.”
    â€œJim’s one of the top pediatricians in the county, soyou were in good hands. He has a private practice, but he works one day a month at the clinic.”
    Kirsten bit down on her lip as she contemplated a response. She wasn’t ready to end the call, although they really had nothing else to talk about.
    â€œWell,” she said, “I just wanted to thank you again for being so nice to me…to us.”
    â€œIt was my pleasure, Kirsten.”
    As silence stretched across the line, she suddenly wondered if she’d been wrong to think that he was interested in her in any way other than that of a kindhearted professional.
    â€œWell…”
    â€œWould you like to have dinner some night?” he asked, throwing her a curve.
    Her heart dropped like dead weight, then rumbled back to life. “That sounds like fun.”
    Fun? She rolled her eyes. Why hadn’t she given him a more sophisticated answer, one more grown-up and better suited to a doctor’s dinner date?
    â€œHow about tomorrow night?” he asked.
    So soon?
    Goodness. Where would they go? What would she wear? Yet in spite of the questions and the fly-by-night insecurities that pelted her, she found herself saying, “Sure.”
    â€œI’m looking forward to it,” he said.
    So was she, even if a swarm of butterflies had settled in her stomach.
    After he asked for her address and she gave it to him, he said, “I’ll see you tomorrow night.”
    When the call ended, she sat dumbfounded for a while, the cell phone still in her hand.
    Had she just imagined that conversation? Had the handsome doctor just asked her out to dinner? Would she have the right clothes to wear? Would she say the correct things?
    Of course she would. She was a college graduate, for Pete’s sake—an accountant. Okay, so she was unemployed at the moment. But that was only temporary. She had the skills and the résumé to land another job soon.
    A knock sounded at the passenger window, and she turned to see Max waiting to get into the car. So she hit the unlock button and slid the cell phone back into her purse.
    â€œWho were you talking to?” he asked, as he climbed in. “Dr. Fortune. He asked me out to dinner tomorrow night, and I told him yes. Do you think you’ll be okay by yourself with Anthony?”
    Max chuffed. “I don’t believe this.”
    â€œBelieve what?”
    â€œYou brought Anthony to the clinic yesterday so you could hook up with a doctor? How long has that been going on?”
    â€œWhat are you talking about?”
    â€œYour crush on Dr. Fortune.”
    â€œYou’re imagining things. I don’t have a crush on him.”
    â€œThen what’s going on?”
    She had no idea. She found Jeremy Fortune attractive and the thought of