held up the blueprints while Isabella stood next to her, shoulder to shoulder.
“Now, here are three examining rooms. As you stated, we, uh, you, only needed three small rooms. Here is the emergency room and the small operating room, as you requested,” Mick went on professionally, pointing out the various areas.
Isabella tried to get a mental picture but could not. She looked at the cement foundation. “It looks so big,” she said in awe as she looked around.
Mick nodded. “Yes, but once we get more of the frame going you’ll see. It will be exactly as you visualized,” she promised sincerely.
Isabella looked into her blue eyes. “How do you know what I visualized?”
“Well, I just took what you wanted and how you talked about it. I guess I just figured this is what you visualized.”
Isabella smiled and nodded. “It was exactly how I visualized it.”
“Good. Now, Doctor Rivera. Where the heck do you want your office?” Mick asked playfully.
Isabella grinned as a child filled with anticipation. She was aware of Mick’s smile while she waited for Isabella. “Well…I would like to be able to see the sunset,” she said in a small, hopeful voice.
Mick nodded. “Done,” she said and rolled up the plans.
Isabella frowned as she walked back to the campsite with Mick. “That is it?” she asked.
“Yep.” Mick nodded and rolled out the blueprints and shooed her brother out of the chair. She placed the rocks on the corners and smiled remembering Zeke’s helpful hand. Sean groaned and walked away, after kissing his sister’s head.
Taking the ruler, pencil and the other tools of her trade, Mick got to work. Suddenly, she seemed oblivious to all around her.
Sean walked up to Isabella and put a hand under her elbow. “She’s in another world right now, Doc. She can’t ever hear you,” he assured her as he led her away.
“The meal is ready, but I am sure Michaela is not. Take this to her anyway, Ezekiel.” Maria handed the plate to the little boy who happily complied.
“Thanks, my man,” Mick said absently as she worked.
An hour later, she was finished and her meal untouched. She tossed down the pencil and tiredly rubbed her face. She then took the blueprints and walked over to the cement foundation. Pacing off the correct distance, she then turned and paced again.
Isabella watched in awe as Mick grinned, and called her over. She stood next to Mick, looking toward the western sky.
“This is your office. Right here will be a huge window.” She motioned to the empty space. “Close your eyes,” she whispered. Isabella complied as Mick continued, “Picture the sun just setting. The last of the sunlight is shining on your lov…on your face as you watch. You are happy because you have done a good day’s work, helping the people of Los Rios and the other villages. Your mind is at peace as the sun sets behind the mountain.”
Isabella actually sighed at the vision behind her closed eyes. Mick was passionate and romantic and she wondered how she had no one in her life. She opened her eyes then. “ Magnifico ,” she whispered, looking at the open space and the mountains in the distance.
She then looked over at Mick who had a look that Isabella was not ready to understand or at the very least, accept. She cleared her throat and Mick blinked.
“Well then. I’d better get back to work,” Mick said in a coarse voice.
For an instant, they looked at each other. “It is a good beginning, Mick. Gracias companero ,” she whispered kindly.
Mick sported a genuine smile and winked. “ Da nada , Doctor.”
Chapter 9
Sean and Mick stood in Sean’s tent. They were the picture of dejection as they watched the tropical rain that was coming down in sheets. “Shit,” she muttered and ripped off her soaked bandana.
“Ditto, sis. Man, it came fast,” he said amazed as he gazed at the sky. “It’s so frickin’ humid.”
“But it’s so beautiful and peaceful,” she admitted in a
“Now, here are three examining rooms. As you stated, we, uh, you, only needed three small rooms. Here is the emergency room and the small operating room, as you requested,” Mick went on professionally, pointing out the various areas.
Isabella tried to get a mental picture but could not. She looked at the cement foundation. “It looks so big,” she said in awe as she looked around.
Mick nodded. “Yes, but once we get more of the frame going you’ll see. It will be exactly as you visualized,” she promised sincerely.
Isabella looked into her blue eyes. “How do you know what I visualized?”
“Well, I just took what you wanted and how you talked about it. I guess I just figured this is what you visualized.”
Isabella smiled and nodded. “It was exactly how I visualized it.”
“Good. Now, Doctor Rivera. Where the heck do you want your office?” Mick asked playfully.
Isabella grinned as a child filled with anticipation. She was aware of Mick’s smile while she waited for Isabella. “Well…I would like to be able to see the sunset,” she said in a small, hopeful voice.
Mick nodded. “Done,” she said and rolled up the plans.
Isabella frowned as she walked back to the campsite with Mick. “That is it?” she asked.
“Yep.” Mick nodded and rolled out the blueprints and shooed her brother out of the chair. She placed the rocks on the corners and smiled remembering Zeke’s helpful hand. Sean groaned and walked away, after kissing his sister’s head.
Taking the ruler, pencil and the other tools of her trade, Mick got to work. Suddenly, she seemed oblivious to all around her.
Sean walked up to Isabella and put a hand under her elbow. “She’s in another world right now, Doc. She can’t ever hear you,” he assured her as he led her away.
“The meal is ready, but I am sure Michaela is not. Take this to her anyway, Ezekiel.” Maria handed the plate to the little boy who happily complied.
“Thanks, my man,” Mick said absently as she worked.
An hour later, she was finished and her meal untouched. She tossed down the pencil and tiredly rubbed her face. She then took the blueprints and walked over to the cement foundation. Pacing off the correct distance, she then turned and paced again.
Isabella watched in awe as Mick grinned, and called her over. She stood next to Mick, looking toward the western sky.
“This is your office. Right here will be a huge window.” She motioned to the empty space. “Close your eyes,” she whispered. Isabella complied as Mick continued, “Picture the sun just setting. The last of the sunlight is shining on your lov…on your face as you watch. You are happy because you have done a good day’s work, helping the people of Los Rios and the other villages. Your mind is at peace as the sun sets behind the mountain.”
Isabella actually sighed at the vision behind her closed eyes. Mick was passionate and romantic and she wondered how she had no one in her life. She opened her eyes then. “ Magnifico ,” she whispered, looking at the open space and the mountains in the distance.
She then looked over at Mick who had a look that Isabella was not ready to understand or at the very least, accept. She cleared her throat and Mick blinked.
“Well then. I’d better get back to work,” Mick said in a coarse voice.
For an instant, they looked at each other. “It is a good beginning, Mick. Gracias companero ,” she whispered kindly.
Mick sported a genuine smile and winked. “ Da nada , Doctor.”
Chapter 9
Sean and Mick stood in Sean’s tent. They were the picture of dejection as they watched the tropical rain that was coming down in sheets. “Shit,” she muttered and ripped off her soaked bandana.
“Ditto, sis. Man, it came fast,” he said amazed as he gazed at the sky. “It’s so frickin’ humid.”
“But it’s so beautiful and peaceful,” she admitted in a
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