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there were so many important things yet to be done. Even when she was tired, emotionally drained, and a little depressed as she was now, she found it difficult to leave.
    She wondered if Justin would feel that way.
    His coolness toward her in the meeting that afternoon had contributed to her mood, giving her just one more reason to want to get back to her desk and bury herself in busywork. She’d been aggravated enough after her confrontation with the lunatic building inspector, so Justin’s change in attitude after their almost amicable afternoon had only served to vex her more. One step forward, two steps backward. But he hadn’t found fault with her park, she thought with a faint smile. She was certain he had tried, but instead he had understood her dream. For a moment their minds had met and shared her vision. His admiration had been clear. That, in itself, was endearing.
    Discarding the bagged remains of her dinner, Andi stood up and stretched, realizing that she owed herself a little relaxation. After all, they had closed the deal today and that deserved celebration. If nothing else, she could at least knock off now and go to the hospital early to sit with her father. The work would still be there tomorrow, and she was unlikely to put even a dent in it tonight.
    Closing her office door behind her, Andi saw that the light of the boardroom was still on. She stepped quietly across the plush carpet and peered in the doorway. Wes sat at the table, a million papers spread out in front of him along with blueprints and charts depicting the amount of technical work left to be done. “Did you clutter yourself out of your office?” she asked with a smile.
    Wes looked up. “I needed more room to spread out,” he said.
    Andi grinned. “That’s why we put a long table in your office.”
    “It was covered with something else I was working on. I didn’t want to lose anything by moving it.”
    Andi laughed softly and stepped inside the boardroom, setting her briefcase on the table. “Why don’t you wind it up, Wes? It’s late and it’s been a long day.”
    “A day that kept me from getting any real work done,” he muttered. “Besides, the only time it gets quiet enough to work is when it’s late. I’m staying. It’s okay, though. Laney and Amy are out of town tonight on a church choir trip. They won’t miss me. I have to admit, I’m a little worried about her traveling while she’s pregnant. The work keeps my mind off of it.”
    “All right,” she said, picking up her briefcase and starting out. “I’ll see you tomorrow, then.”
    “Where are you going?” His voice came a little too anxiously, and she turned back.
    “To the hospital.”
    His eyebrows buckled, and he scrubbed his chin. “I thought as much. Andi, you need to rest. Don’t you think your father could get by without you there one night?”
    “Sure, he could,” she said. “But I don’t sit with Dad because someone needs to. Mom’s there with him a few hours a day. He doesn’t even know we’re there. I just want to be with him.”
    Wes pushed out of his chair and stood up, leaning over the table with a look of no-nonsense conviction on his tanned face.
    “Andi, you need to get out more, spend some time with people.”
    “I do that all day,” Andi protested.
    “I mean friends. You spend so much time here that you don’t have a social life. You’re not taking very good care of yourself.”
    She dropped into a chair and wilted at the table. “Well, it’s not like I have friends coming out of my ears. It isn’t like in college.”
    “College is just a preparation time for real life, Andi. You can’t repeat it. But you can make things better.”
    She looked at him for a moment, trying to decide why he would pick today to say that to her. “Wes, if you think I’ve been dwelling on college days, you’re wrong. You’re reading way too much into my joining forces with Justin. I’m really not trying to start things up with him