Page 34 of The Sandbar saga

"Will you stay on the phone with me?"

"I will. I'm going to set it on the nightstand and try to go to sleep myself. I have a patient coming at nine o'clock in the morning. I need to be at my best to help him."

"I don't like you talking to other people."

"It's my job."

She rolled onto her side and put the phone between her head and the pillow. "Am I your job?"

Several seconds passed. She yawned, the lack of sleep overcoming her.

She forgot about her question until Dr. C said, "You're not my job."

She smiled in the dark and let herself sleep, listening to the silence on the phone, knowing he was there, even if she couldn't hear or see him.