Read The Vampire and The Paramedic: An Extreme Medical Services series prequel Page 7
James returned home to his penthouse apartment satisfied that he had begun to show the paramedic something of the Unusual community she wouldn’t have seen before. He sensed that Brynne was a voracious student when it came to learning about her job as a paramedic and that included gaining insights into her patients. If she could take that knowledge back to her colleagues at Station U, and eventually the rest of the department, it could go a long way to improving the services they provided. He was sure she would try to do that. No, that wasn’t true. He was sure she would accomplish that eventually. Brynne Garvey was a remarkable and strong woman. She was unlike any human he had met in a long time.
He sat at his desk and turned in his padded leather desk chair to look out over the nighttime skyline of Elk City. He was still sitting there sometime later when Celeste interrupted his thoughts.
“How did it go tonight, James?” His secretary and personal assistant asked.
“It went very well, very well indeed,” James replied turning around. “You did a good job with her outfit.”
“I thought you would like it,” She said smiling. She knew her boss liked to look good and that included his accessories and companions. “Honestly, she has good taste. The clothes were hers. I merely made a few suggestions.”
“You did well as always, Celeste. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
“I don’t know either. That’s why I have to make sure I stick around for the next one hundred fifty years. I need to keep you on track in the future just as I have in the past,” Celeste responded. “Do you have plans for what you’d like to show Brynne tomorrow evening? I can email her what to expect and how to dress before she arrives if you would like.”
“I think that we should show her the Barrens,” James said after a moment’s thought. “She needs to see the neediest among us and understand why her team’s services are needed so dearly here in Elk City.”
“The Barrens might scare her away, James,” Celeste warned.
“Somehow, I don’t think she scares that easily.” James stood. “Make the arrangements so they’re expecting us. Also, ask Rudy to join us tomorrow and make sure Brynne wears something appropriate.”
Celeste jotted a few notes down on her notepad. “Ok, got it.”
James patted his stomach as it audibly growled. “Goodness, I’m famished. I just had some soup and a few glasses of wine with dinner. Who do we have in the pantry?”
Celeste pulled out her smartphone from under her notepad. “Willow is up in the rotation. She just returned yesterday. Her anemia is cleared up, and she has been released by her doctors to ‘return to work.’ Shall I send down for her or are you in the mood for something different?”
James smiled. “No, Willow will be fine. I’m going to check the news,” he said crossing the room to the large seating area in front of an enormous flat screen TV. “Send her up. I’ll be waiting over here.”
Celeste dialed a number on her phone and walked away talking to someone on the other end of the line, back to her office down the hall. James heard the murmur of her voice in the background ordering his dinner as he listened to CNN’s overnight news team fill him in on the day’s world events. He cleared a spot on the large white leather sofa for his dinner to sit so he could still see the TV while he ate.