Holiday Kisses
Kisha Moran walked briskly toward her Baltimore dental office, hoping to get some paperwork done before her first scheduled appointment. She wanted to get an early start on what was sure to be a very long day. Lost in her thoughts, she barely noticed the tall, casually dressed man leaning against the doorway of her office until she was close enough to make out his features. She approached him warily, but saw in his eyes and facial expression that he seemed to be in serious pain rather than a physical threat, despite the fact that he easily towered over her five-foot-seven-inch height. "I'm Doctor Moran," she said. "May I help you?" "I sure hope you can. I've got a terrible toothache, and this thing kept me up all night."
She unlocked the door, and led him into a waiting room with a large, flat-screen television. She turned on the television. "This should distract you for a minute."
"Doctor, nothing is going to distract me as long as this thing is throbbing."
"Try to relax," she said, taking off her jacket and putting on a white lab coat.
"Look, can't you just give me some pills for the pain? Last night I tried to que ... read full excerpt from: Holiday Kisses ebook
