CHAPTER 25
Back home. Finally. Elliot turned on the lights in his studio apartment. It wasn’t the nicest place to live, but it was close to the hospital, and with as much as he was paying to drive that Tesla of his, he couldn’t afford any superfluous expense.
He tossed the keys onto the counter. What a day.
He wasn’t hungry, but he opened his fridge automatically. He was about to grab some yogurt but then remembered how much he’d eaten at Grandma Lucy’s house. Better not overdo it on the dairy.
Settling on some carrot sticks and hummus, he plugged his cell phone in to charge, then stared at it longer than he should have.
Was he seriously thinking of calling her?
Ruby. She’d been so young when they first met. Still in nursing school. Her mom had boasted about what a hard worker she wa
