Free Finding Faith by Ysabel Wilde Page A

wait until we were back at the firehouse.
    “What’s up, George?”
    “Oh, uh…” George fumbled for words, pulling his eyes off of the curtain as Grace came back out to take her picture.
    Grace shouted, “X-ray,” and George’s back stiffened into his military stance. When Grace called out, “Clear,” and disappeared back behind the curtain to get her cassette, his eyes closed for a fleeting moment as his nostrils flared. When they opened they were black.
    George said roughly, “You almost done? We may make dinner if you stop flirting with the nurses.” He stormed out to the ambulance before I could answer. Really? I was flirting with June? And, no, I wasn’t almost done. I needed to catch up to Barbie, no Greta, wait, Grace. Yeah, that was it.
    I was about to approach Grace when Dr. Price left the nurses station and headed toward her first as she put the cassette into a pocket on the back of the machine. I’ll wait for them to finish before I approach her. She must have been engrossed in thought because when she stood back up she jerked away from the doctor. He said something to her and she began stabbing a finger at him. What ever he said pissed her off, flushing her tan cheeks crimson. Once she yanked her finger away from his face Dr. Price said something else, making Grace turn pale. She started backing the portable machine in the direction of the hallway without another word to him.
    Grace was almost to the double doors that led out of the ER before I decided to run after her.
    “Grace, wait up.” It wasn’t hard for me to catch up to her since the behemoth she was pushing moved at a snail’s pace.
    “Let me get the door for you.” I managed a smile through the nerves that were working their way out. I wiped my hands on my pants hoping I didn’t leave sweat stains. I was so close.
    Grace gave me a huge smile that made her pale skin regain its glow, making me relax a little. “Hey, John, thanks. How’s it going?”
    “All right. I brought in the guy you just took an X-ray of. I just wanted to say hi since I kind of ran out the last time I saw you.” That was believable, right? I couldn’t stop drying my hands on my navy cargo pants. Maybe I should look into getting that shot that makes you not sweat?
    Grace started to back the machine out of the open door, looking down to make sure she didn’t run over my toes, which I was thankful for. “Oh, that’s no big deal.Do you want to go see Faith?” Her eyes were glued on me, waiting for an answer.
    My heart practically punched its way out of my chest I was so excited. This turned out to be easier than I thought. I looked out into the ambulance bay and didn’t see any sign of George. “Sure, I’d love to.”
    “Faith tries not to come over here if she can help it. She gets pretty uncomfortable. She makes me come over instead.”
    Unconsciously my eyebrows furrowed, “Why?” The Faith I loved never let herself be intimidated.
    The portable X-ray machine was pointed in the direction of her department. When she looked back through the door I was still holding, she leaned her head in the direction of three people at a counter, June, Dr. Price and a male nurse who I didn’t know by name.
    “Brad,” she said, as if that explained it all. I must have looked confused because she said, “Oh, you don’t know? I figured since you saw her that night after the bar she may have told you.”
    Uncomfortable for the first time, she shifted her eyes away.
    All I could do was shake my head. I remembered Luke had mentioned that Brad hadn’t cared about her either. My spine suddenly stiffened, wanting to pulverize whoever treated Faith like trash. What was I supposed to know about this guy?
    “Which one is Brad?” I felt stupid for asking. I knew June but I didn’t know the first names of the other two. One was Dr. Price, he was very tall, fair skinned with black hair, while the other man came up to his chin with mousey brown hair, but I didn’t know his