Chapter Twenty-nine

Luke returns to the hospital to begin his shift when he realizes that things have changed—or so he assumes. Going about his day, he finds it difficult to engage in conversation with colleagues. His mind was troubled, particularly by Katie's last action. He had seen her with Bobby when she freely lied that she was still at the hospital. Everything in him affirmed that if he could have a conversation with Katie, that would mark the end of their problem. But still, a nagging feeling troubled him that something had gone wrong. Bobby's back from Canada was not a good thing. He knew that Bobby was Katie's ex, but why they still met and chatted like nothing happened bothered him. He carried on his duties at work like a robot—he was barely responding to colleagues who called out to him, and for that waved at him, he barely spared them a glance. As he continued with his duties, he was paged. A glance at his pager showed that his Chief wanted to see him immediately. With a groan, he left wh