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and I’m looking forward to working with the residents.”

“That’s good. We can speak more in-depth tomorrow during our session, unless you have

anything pressing you would like to speak about now?”

“No I can wait until tomorrow,” he assured her.

“Okay great. I’ll go ahead and take your documents now, and have those ready for you

tomorrow okay?” She reached out a hand, ready to accept the papers from him.

The intern looked at the papers in his hand. “You know what Dr. Richardson? I’m afraid

I picked up the wrong documents on my way in today. I’ll bring in the correct ones tomorrow during our session if that’s okay. I can’t believe I did that,” he told her; his embarrassment turned his normally pale skin a deep shade of red.

“Don’t worry about it; it happens to all of us. You can bring them to me tomorrow. I’m

going to wait for Detective Halstan and then I’ll be leaving.”

“Detective Halstan is coming? Is everything okay Dr. Richardson?”

“Yes, everything’s fine. He’s coming by to pick me up to go home.”

A quick look flashed across his features before just as quickly disappearing. “Yes, ma’am

I’ll see you tomorrow then.” With that, he turned around and hurried out of the room. Maya

looked at the closed door with a bemused expression, before she headed back to her office.

* * * *

Outside her office door, a very different expression had settled across the intern’s face,

which cast a baleful glow across his small set features. Holding the folder close, and lightly tapping the contents with a neatly manicured hand, he thought back on the conversation he’d overheard.

He’d thought Dr. Richardson had already left for the evening when he’d approached her

door, because moments earlier he’d seen her assistant leave. James had learned that the outer door leading to Dalia’s office was left open on Wednesday’s so the senior intern could come in and work. After the intern left for the night, she would make sure both offices were locked, and leave the key with the overnight security guard.

The senior intern had called, saying she wouldn’t make it tonight and for the offices to be locked. James had taken the call, and had been on his way to inform the security officer, when he’d walked past the office and heard low talking.

Curious, he quietly opened the door and recognized Dr. Richardson’s voice and stood

silent, listening to her conversation.

Normally a private person, James knew what he was doing wasn’t very ethical, but he

found Dr. Richardson utterly fascinating and didn’t walk away when he her beautiful laugh

trickled out from behind her partially open door.

The mild look of pleasantness on James face passed, and he felt the heat of

embarrassment light his cheeks. He could tell from her conversation who she was speaking with, and the intern was surprised at the filthy words that came out of the mild doctor’s mouth. Well, perhaps he exaggerated a bit. But still, he couldn’t imagine her having sex, much less allow that overgrown ape of a cop to do the things she’d just asked him to do to her. Spinning around to escape hearing any more of her low intimate suggestions for the detective, James had tripped and bumped the corner of Dalia’s desk, and the folder of the week’s programs had fallen out of his hand and onto the floor.

Cursing his own clumsiness, James had been in the process of picking up the fallen

papers when Dr. Richardson’s door had opened and he had looked up into her surprised face…

He glanced at his watch. He knew he needed to get out of Imani House as soon as

possible, and so he hurried down the hallway, his stride stiff and formal.

CHAPTER 32

“What is going on out here?” Dalia’s thunderous voice yelled, over the gathering of

women who were protectively circling Imani House’s latest resident. Dalia’s glance took in the scene and summed up the problem in an instant.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t the first time an incident of this nature had occurred. Rocco, an

acquaintance of Ruby their new resident, had not taken kindly to one of his women leaving him for Imani House.

He’d originally attempted to get the woman the same day she’d arrived, but had been

thwarted by Maya and Walter. This time Maya wasn’t at the House, and he obviously thought he could bust in and take her.

When he came for her this time, he had been more resourceful. One of the residents had

innocently opened the door after looking through the peephole and seeing the large bouquet of flowers held in his hand. She’d thought someone was getting a nice surprise, and had opened the door. Rocco slammed it completely opened, and the resident was pushed harshly against the

wall.

Rocco then proceeded to yell at the top of his lungs for Ruby to ‘bring her ass out and

quit taking up his valuable time with all this unnecessary bullshit’ and strutted through the house like a rooster in a hen house, yelling out Ruby’s name.

Dalia wasted no time. Although she’d called out for the guard’s assistance, she didn’t

wait for him to arrive on the scene before she boldly ran toward the circle of women in the middle of the large dining room.

Luckily, the guard was entering the room no sooner than his name was called, along with

several of the counselors.

Rocco’s normal bracing bravado began to visibly fade as his glance encompassed the

angry party advancing on him. Mustering up his courage, he straightened his back and pushed away from the small crowd.

“Look here, I came here to see my woman, I ain’t come to start no shit. Maybe she don’t

want to be here no more. Ruby you ready to come on back home? Ain’t you? You know I love

you, come on back home, baby.” The pimp directed his cold stare at Ruby’s small shivering

frame.

The security guard was quickly advancing on the posturing man when Ruby Vallejo

straightened her narrow shoulders. She stared at