“I’ll swing by the studio to pick you up. We can stop and pick up takeout on the way home.”
“Sounds good.”
Before she can leave the room, I grab her arm and pull her against my chest for a lingering kiss. I watch her ass in those tight leggings as she walks down the hallway.
When she turns the corner and is out of sight, my eyes catch on Amanda standing behind the counter. Her head is turned to where Harley disappeared and there’s no mistaking the animosity on her face. She turns and catches me looking at her. I raise a warning brow. The woman has been working here for five years under Dr. Rosen before I took over. I decided to keep her on to lessen the hassle of finding another nurse. From the look she just gave Harley’s back, I wonder if it was a mistake. I’ll damn sure be keeping an eye on her to make sure she doesn’t give Harley any grief.
My next appointment isn’t due for another twenty minutes, so I go to my office to check my email while I wait. I’m just sitting down when my phone vibrates in my pocket. Pulling it out, I look at the screen. A scowl creases my brows when I see the jail’s name.
I press the Accept button and bring the phone to my ear.
“Hello?”
“Good afternoon,” a male voice greets. “This is officer Sanchez with the Silver Falls Police Department with a call from Douglas Beckett. Do you accept the call?”
“No,” I grunt, barely holding in my anger. The balls of the man who is my father are huge if he thinks I’ll accept a call from him. “Please do me a favor and take this number off Douglas’s approved number list.”
“Will do, sir. Sorry to disturb you.”
Ending the call, I toss my phone on my desk. I guess my father decided since Mom isn’t taking his calls, he would give my number a try. That’s the second time he’s tried calling and I’ve declined. He has zero chances of me accepting, and I don’t see that changing anytime soon. I’m not sure I’ll ever be ready to talk to that man again. To me, my father died the day I found out he sexually abused his foster son and was involved in a child sex trafficking ring.