"Come in and sit down, okay? We need to talk." Closing the file, his gentle tone was like a breeze in March, softening the heart.
"From the moment I took over from the teacher, he repeatedly instructed me to pay special attention to you. A beautiful Miss like you deserves special attention. Don't make me fail my teacher's expectations," he joked in a teasing tone, offering a trustworthy identity when he saw her hesitate.
"You were Uncle Carl's student?" The senior who'd helped her during her college days turned out to be an apprentice to her former doctor? Was the world too small?
"If you don't come in now, the appointment time will soon be over," Gavin Turner pointed to the wall clock.
Charlotte Green took a deep breath and, in the end, chose to trust and lay back in the chair.
"First, have some water and relax a bit, then we can continue, okay?" Gavin Turner sat at his desk, gently asking as he flitted through the file.
