Loves Redemption by Kimberly Terry (best novels to read in english .TXT) 📗

have any, my door is always open. And please feel free to call me Dr. Maya.

We’re not too formal at the House.”

“Thank you, but I’d prefer to call you Dr. Richardson. I admire and respect you, and I

wouldn’t be comfortable calling you by your first name.”

“Whatever you’re more comfortable with is fine with me. There are a few residents who

call me Dr. Richardson also.” Maya had opened the door to her office, and waited for Dalia to hang the phone up before she spoke.

“Dalia, James is joining our intern staff. If you start his paperwork, the two of you can set his schedule.”

With that, she left them and returned to her office. As she reopened the door to walk

inside out of the corner of her eye she saw the new intern staring intently at her.

Maya raised her eyebrows in silent question, and a wide smile spread across his small

face, before he turned his attention to Dalia. Smiling in return, Maya went inside her office and gently closed the door behind her.

CHAPTER 31

“Mark is on the second line. I’m leaving for the night, Maya. Do you need anything

before I go?” Dalia called out to Maya through their open connecting door.

“No, I’m fine. Have a good night, Dal,” she said, before turning her attention to Mark.

“Hi sweetheart, how did everything go? And are you back in town?” she asked the

questions back-to-back and laughed. Mark had been in Austin for the last few days investigating a lead.

“Actually, I walked into my house only a few minutes ago. It seems like we haven’t seen

each other for a lot longer than the three days,” he said with on a sigh. “I tried to call you at home first. What are you still doing at the House? Busy today?”

“Yes you could say that. We have a new resident today and her boyfriend slash pimp

didn’t take very well to her entering the program and decided to follow her here to ‘convince’

her to leave.”

“What do you mean ‘convince’ her? Was there trouble? Are you okay? What about the

other ladies?” he demanded, his voice more alert.

“It’s okay, Mark. Walter and I were able to convince the guy to leave peacefully.

Everything’s fine. He didn’t get farther than the front foyer,” she sought to reassure him, mentioning one of the guards she employed for light security at Imani House.

“Damn it. Hold on for a minute,” he said and within minutes she heard the slam of a

door.

“Mark, what are you doing?” Maya asked in resignation. She knew the answer when the

powerful sound of his Expedition engine roared to life moments later.

“You know what I’m doing. I’ll be there within twenty minutes. Oh and by the way, my

brother called, the one who wasn’t at dinner last week. He and his wife have invited us over this weekend for dinner. They want to get the chance to meet the woman dad can’t stop talking

about.”

“Oh really?” Maya asked trying to sound nonchalant with the apparent compliment.

“You made a great impression on dad. And of course Mom raved about how pretty and

smart you are. Coming from mom that’s no small compliment, because according to her I’m the most handsome and of course smartest man in the world,” he boasted.

“Well, yes, of course you are,” she answered, tongue -in-cheek, playing along.

“So if I’m the most handsome and smartest man, I would need an equally smart and

beautiful woman. Until Saturday, mom didn’t think such a woman existed until along came Dr.

Maya Richardson on the scene proving her assumption wrong,” he finished with mock

seriousness.

Finally, Maya laughed out loud. As their laughter had subsided she heard a noise in

Dalia’s office, and assuming Dalia had returned she asked her to close her door on the way out.

When Dalia didn’t answer, Maya stood to investigate, when Mark sidetracked her.

“Have I told you today that I love you?”

Sitting back down in her chair, she looked at her watch before she answered. “Not in the

last few minutes, no you haven’t. I love you too.” She automatically smiled.

After initially declaring her feelings to him, she found she enjoyed saying those three

simple words. She felt complete in a way she couldn’t define whenever they exchanged “I love yous.”

She had never given much thought about the emotional connection of being in love with

someone. But now she was in love, and the love was returned, she knew she would never be the same again, no matter what happened in the future.

She had gone from being emotionally bereft, to being connected to someone on all major

levels; mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically, something she never had experienced.

“I love you too, baby. I should be there in short while. Will you be done for the night or

do you need to finish up?”

“I’ll be ready to leave by the time you get here.”

A few more minutes of light-hearted talking between the two lovers occurred, some of

which made Maya laugh and blush at the same time before they hung up, both eagerly

anticipating seeing the other.

Maya heard another noise in Dalia’s office and got up to investigate. She stopped short

when she came across the new intern stooping to pick up a manila folder with its contents spread out on the floor.

“James, I didn’t know you were in here. Can I help you with something?” She

automatically bent to help him pick up the fallen documents.

“Hello Dr. Richardson. I came in to drop off my paperwork for school. I didn’t think you

were still here, I’m sorry if I scared you.”

“No you didn’t scare me. I wasn’t expecting anyone in Dalia’s office, especially at this

time of night. How has your first week gone so far? We’re scheduled for our one-on-one,

tomorrow?” she asked in reference to the once a week mentor session she held with each of her interns.

“Yes, ma’am we do meet tomorrow. Everything has been fine. Dalia has introduced me

to everyone,