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IT WAS a long night and he was glad when it hit six a.m. and there were just a couple of hours to go.

‘Cot Four.’ Karan, the night nurse, looked up from the baby she was feeding. ‘I’ll be there in a minute.’

‘I’ll be fine,’ Dominic said, and headed in.

He took off his jacket, glanced again at Harry, who sitting there staring, and then proceeded to wash his hands. When he turned around, Harry was smiling. Dominic couldn’t help himself from looking at the pull-out bed beside him, relieved to see that Betty was there.

He didn’t know what had happened.

He’d heard the explosions from the fuse he’d lit when he’d asked for a favour from Raymond and a certain blue-eyed theatre nurse, but he’d been up and down between here and NICU and had never caught up as to what had really gone on.

He smiled back at Harry and then headed over to the cot opposite him, carefully examining the baby who was causing concern, pleased with her progress.

‘How’s Harry Joyce?’ he asked Karan. He had every right to enquire as he was the paediatrician on call that night and Karan wouldn’t know that he had stepped aside from the case.

‘He’s doing well.’ Karan smiled. ‘You could see the difference in him almost as soon as he came back from Theatre. He must have been struggling with his ears for a while. He’s much more smiley and he’s making a few more noises, even had a little dance in his cot. He’s off home in the morning to the care of Mum.’ She pulled out a notebook. ‘Hold on a moment. Sorry, he’s home with his aunt tomorrow. There was a big case meeting today apparently. Lots of drama.’ She rolled her eyes. ‘I haven’t had a chance to read the notes yet.’ She stood up and collected the folder and put it in front of him. ‘Should make interesting reading.’

Karan walked back to the nursery to put down the baby she had been feeding and Dominic sat there, tempted to read the notes, to find out all that had gone on. It would be so easy to. ‘So this is your last morning.’ Tony stopped by the desk, just as Dominic went to open the folder. Tony had been up and used the parent showers before all the others did, was dressed and ready for when Abuela came in.

‘It is,’ Dominic said. ‘I’m flying to Sydney this afternoon.’

‘Well, thanks again.’ Tony stifled a yawn.

‘You must be exhausted.’ It was Dominic who extended the conversation.

‘Ah, but it’s Saturday,’ Tony said. ‘I’m going home to sleep. That’s if the twins and Esperanza let me.’

‘You’ve got a lot on your plate,’ Dominic said, but Tony just grinned.

‘Better than an empty plate.’

Dominic stood up and shook Tony’s hand and when Tony had gone he stepped away from the notes. Bridgette didn’t deserve her ex reading up on her private life. If he wanted to know, he should ask her.