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socks white. "What about the other problem? Can I still donate?" she asked in a small voice, refusing to look up.
    "I don't know. I'm going to leave it to Heidi's oncologist to determine whether or not he wants to take the chance. If everything else comes out okay, and I don't see why it wouldn't, I don't expect him to reject you as a donor. Without this transplant, your sister stands virtually no chance of beating the leukemia. At least with your marrow, her chances are improved." He stopped talking and silence filled the sterile, white-walled room. His deep voice cut through the heaviness, "I'll be back in a moment."
    She fell back, until her back hit the wall, then laid lengthwise on the bed and stared at the ceiling. She hated going to the doctor, even when she was sick as a dog and ready to do anything for relief. Now, with this man, with this situation, she was ready to jump out of her skin.
    Would he get it over with?
    A soft knock sent her heart skidding in her chest.
    "Come in," she said softly.
    Rainer entered, followed by a pleasantly smiling young woman in a white coat. He stepped aside to let the woman into the room and said, "This is Dr. Meyers. She has been kind enough to take over here. I've been called away to handle another case. An emergency. I hope you don't mind."
    Taking the first breath she'd been conscious of in the past half-hour or more, Hailey smiled and said, "Absolutely. That'll be fine. We can handle things here, can't we, Dr. Meyers?" She grinned at the woman, who nodded in return. "See? Now, don't worry. Go, take care of that emergency." Standing, she shooed him toward the door, then returned to the bed. As she prepared to return to her position, a cool draft brushed her back and legs, and she realized he'd been given a clear view of her backside.
    With hope that he'd already left, she tipped her head and stole a glance toward where he'd been standing. Her heart sunk to her toes.
    He stood in the doorway, the strangest expression, strained and red-faced, spread over his face. Was he going to laugh at her? No, he was a professional. She glared a warning, just in case, and resumed her efforts to heft herself onto the bed.
    Hiding a flood of embarrassment behind a false bravado, she gave him a smug grin, then looked pleasantly at Dr. Meyers, who couldn't be a day over fifteen, with long blond hair and huge brown eyes. "Now, shall we continue?" she asked the doctor. In illustration, she laid flat on her back, her arms at her side. "You need to punch at my belly, maybe have me hack or something?"
    A deep chuckle carried down the hall before the door closed, and a giggle sat in Hailey's throat, shooting out of her mouth when Dr. Meyers shook her head and released a heavy sigh.

 
     
     
Chapter 5
     
     
    Rainer shook his head, trying not to laugh as he walked to his office at the corridor's end. Who wouldn't laugh at Hailey? She was the strangest, most perplexing woman he'd ever met. A bundle of contradictions, at one moment acting meek and sensitive, and the next a wild banshee. One thing was for sure, she had a nice backside.
    With a smile that refused to budge from his face, no matter how hard he tried, he went into his tiny white-walled office and sat down at his desk, the only substantial piece of furniture. Even though he was sharing this practice with several other docs, he was the youngest, and as such, he was hardly better off than a resident.
    Grateful for Sue Meyers's help with Hailey, he tipped the chair back until it knocked into the wall behind him. He closed his eyes. There was no way he would have been able to finish Hailey's examination, and that troubled him for more than one reason.
    First, he was shocked by the way his body had reacted to her. She wasn't exactly gowned in the most provocative clothes on earth, and yet, he found her incredibly sexy. Sexy!
    That was the second thing that bothered him. He had no time for distraction. He had his career and his friends. He'd learned