The Persistence of Thornes

The Persistence of Thornes

Author: Micalea Smeltzer Listening Length: 13h 1m

Hawthorne Mills is supposed to be my chance to start over with my brothers. Becoming their guardian wasn’t the plan, but I’ll do anything it takes to keep them from being put in the system. Even if it means raising two teenage boys when I’m only twenty-three. There’s one thing I don’t expect. Caleb Thorne. He’s l...

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21. Halle

CHAPTER 21

HALLE

W ith a groan, I remove my microphone headset and stretch my neck. Scheduling for a doctor’s office isn’t the hardest work, but here and there, some of the people I have to deal with make the job exhausting. Especially when they argue about paying the no-show fee, unwilling to accept that I can’t reschedule them until they do.

“Why can’t you just waive the fee? Every time I’m there, I sit in the waiting room for an hour before I’m seen, anyway. Maybe I should charge the doctor a late fee. How about that?”