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boy s father was? He'd offered before, he would offer again.
"Yes, you are welcome." Alan told him, he wished the man would just leave. He
had enough problems of his own without hearing about someone else s. He d become a
cold and callous man, he realized.
The doctor rose to leave. He paused at the door and muttered under his breath.
"Wait until I get my hands on you Maria Holt, you will regret lying to me and sending me
on a wild goose chase." He stepped outside and silently closed the door.
Alan stood rooted to the spot, unable to move or speak. His hearing was
exceptional. Was there a coincidence about the last name? Could it be Gina? The girl
claimed to know him! He'd given up hope of seeing her, finding her again a long time
ago. She disappeared off the face of the earth. Every avenue had turned out to be a dead
end.
 Wait. Alan s voice boomed through out the room and even penetrated the door.
"Wait Sir." Finally springing into action, he crossed his office in three easy strides and
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opened the door. His secretary looked at him with her mouth hanging open and the man
was frowning at him.
Alan composed his features. "Please do come back in." Alan instructed the man,
for the first time even looking at him.  I used to know a Gina Holt. Could it be the one
and the same?  Alan asked anxiously. He held his breath; it had to be Gina. It just had to
be! He'd worried so much over her the last two years, ached for her.
The Doctor strolled back into Alan s office smugly, at least now he had Alan s
full attention. He did not know that Alan had heard his mutterings; only that he had
connected the last name with someone he knew. Perhaps Maria hadn't lied at all.
 I do not know, I only know Maria, my patient. Let me explain. I have in my care
a very sick young woman. If not for the fact that I convinced her that she might l
eave her
son motherless some day I would have not even dragged your name from her.
Alan raised his eyebrows. If it was Gina, was she a mother by now? Was she
dying? He was only half listening to the doctor. He didn't care how many kids she had.
She was still his wife.
 I want you to understand that I was only supposed to contact you about the boy if
she were to...ah& but I thought." He rushed on not wanting to reveal how run down
Maria really was. "Since she seemed to know you, that you could help me get through to
her. I haven't been able to. She's very ill."
Alan pondered this for a minute.  She gave you my name you say?" Could it
really be Gina? Who else would give out his name? She could have changed her name or
something. And what of this child? How did it figure into the picture? Alan rose out of
his chair and grasped the small picture off of his desk. He handed it to the doctor. There
was only one-way to find out it this woman was Gina or not. "Is this your patient Maria?"
The doctor studied it quickly. He voiced his doubts, even if he really didn t have
any. So she knew the man after all and he apparently didn't even know he was a father.
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No wonder she was reluctant to tell him who the boy s father was. Doctor Morgan
hesitated. Would he try to take the boy from her? Was he hurting her more by asking for
this mans help? "Yes, I believe it could be but I am not sure." If the man looked like he
was gloating over finding her he would claim it was not her, if he didn't then he would
take it from there. Immediately he had his answer.
Alan closed his eyes for half a minute and let out a long pent up sigh, two years
worth.
The doctor noticed that the man looked relieved to have found the girl and was he
was relieved himself. There had been no gloating. "She is far from this healthy and the
hair is shorter. The doctor offered lamely. He noticed that Alan s hands were shaking as
he got up and took the picture back.
Alan couldn t even speak for a minute. He rounded the front of his desk, as the
doctor watched him. They stared at each other silently.  Thank you. He said simply.
 Miss Suggs, he finally pushed the intercom button. "Come in here please." The
secretary joined them almost immediately, she was aware of the tightness in Alan s
voice. Alan didn't have to thank the doctor; the gratitude was in his eyes.
"I am leaving." He told her peremptorily. "First I want you to phone my pilot and
have him meet me at the airport right away. Tell him to file a flight plan for San Antonio.
" He looked from the stunned girl to the equally stunned doctor. Now that he knew where
she was, he was going to go get her. He wouldn't risk losing her again. Alan could hardly
believe it; he'd found Gina, after all this time of not knowing what had happened to her.
"What hospital Doctor Morgan?" Alan knew he couldn't stay away.
 St. Mary " He answered him, amazed at Alan s fast action in the matter. The
man looked like he wanted to cry from relief.
"See to it that Maria Holt is put into a private room and made as comfortable as
possible. You can assure them that I will be responsible for the bill and that I am on my
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way." Alan drew a deep breath. "Then have the limo sent around front. After I'm gone
you must cancel all of my appointments for this afternoon and indefinitely. Let Briggs
and Firth handle anything that can t be put off. Have you got all of that Miss Suggs?  He
looked at her.
 I will try and keep in touch as much as possible. Alan turned back to the doctor
after the girl nodded and left to do her chores.
Looking back over her shoulder the secretary thought to herself that it was the
most animated thing she d seen her boss do over the last few years. She wondered what
this strange man said to him to get him so worked up. Who was the mysterious Maria
Holt?
Silently closing the door she did not hear her boss say. "Your patient is my wife
Gina. Alan told the doctor as he pulled things from his desk drawer that he thought he
might need. "I haven't seen her in two years. Come on and I will explain everything on
the way.
It was just before dark when the Leer jet touched down on a small San Antonio
airstrip. A weary Alan and doctor made their way to St. Mary s. Alan still didn't know
what he was going to say to Gina or what her reaction would be after all this time. Would
she be glad to see him? Would she give him a chance to explain that she had taken things
wrong that night so long ago? He didn t even enjoy the sights of the city after they rented
a car and made their way across town, Alan s mind was in too much of a whirl.
Doctor Morgan felt better about what he had done since talking to Alan. It was
obvious that he loved his wife very much. He told him everything he knew about Gina
since their first meeting in the hospital emergency room when she fainted due to
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exhaustion. He looked at the pair as ill-fated lovers that he was helping to reunite and he
felt better.
Gina s heavy eyes flickered momentarily, she vaguely remembered being moved
to another room. It wasn't her room; this one was much larger and smelled of flowers.
There was no one sharing it with her. Gina tried to force her eyes open and focus them.
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