Him Of All People

He appeared in front of her like a dream. His offer, if she was clear-headed enough to think it through, was too good to be true. But a drowning man would clutch at any straw. Her father would receive the best care money could buy. All she had to do was become Mrs McCarthy. Kira was ready to sign before he finished talking. Austyn was not an easy man to live with, and there were times his domineering ways drove her up the wall. But the price was well worth it. Kira popped by the hospital every day. Each time she saw her father’s peaceful, though gaunt, face, she thanked her lucky stars that she met Austyn. Kira’s finger hovered over the phone screen. Austyn’s name was the first on her contact list. Should she call him? Could she ask him to come to the hospital? He didn’t have to do anything. His presence alone was enough to galvanise the doctors into action. They would bend over backwards to save her father. But… ‘He won’t come, will he?’ she said to herself. ‘He’s always so busy with