Late-Stage Bonds

Kaelie waited in Tobias’s office for two hours until he returned from surgery.

Seeing her asleep on the couch, Tobias quietly took off his jacket and draped it over her. But the moment he settled it, Kaelie stirred awake.

“Surgery’s over?”

“Yeah.” Tobias rubbed his brow, his voice worn out. “The dean caught wind I was back in the country and saved a pile of tough cases for me. I couldn’t say no.”