Chapter 11

Zoe leaned against the front desk near the end of the workday on Thursday where Brent and Gabby had congregated. "Everyone's all aflutter with this Valentine's dance."

Brent sighed dreamily. "You, doll, are a genius."

Avery's cheeks heated. "I'm just glad people are interested. Job done."

Gabby shook her head. "It's more than that. Seriously, you have no idea how boring the past years have been."

Avery closed out her program and shut down the system, since Cade was on his last patient of the day and Drake had finished with surgery. "You guys have a hot date picked out?"

They all shook their heads.

"I say we go as a group, like in high school." Brent waved his hand at his brilliance. "Power in numbers."

Squawk. "Rollin' with my homies."

Drake strode in and handed Avery his billing form. "We only did the front trim, so don't charge for the back."

"You got it."