Emery goes to her medical clinic and arrives late.
Helps and observe some of how the other physical therapists do things helps out.
She is so tired and comes back to her store and sees Rosalie there.
"Thanks, Rosalie I don't know what I would do without you. Without dad, I probably would drop Med school and go home and run everything."
"Em please, you can't run all that, try to work in a hospital, run a restaurant and a store. It's going to be hard to even juggle everything. You will have to sell some things after your dad's passing.
My family and I if you are interested would love to buy your store and restaurant off on you and we will keep the names y'all have it." She says with a big grin on her face.
"I'll think about it. Till then I should check on my dad. I need to just spend time with him before he goes." She says and goes off and checks on him.
Ricky is deathly ill. "Sweetheart. I hate how it's time to go. I wish pumpkin I could be here for you. You know you always looked like your mom your green eyes and your brown hair with curls you have always looked so much like your mother.
When she died from a shooting I was devastated and she was my world. You have been my world Em. I love you and will be proud of you pumpkin." He says to Emery.
"Dad no please don't go!" She says tearing and he coughs.
"Always always follow your dream and keep pepper spray by you muffin." He says and coughs.
"I will." She says
Then he coughs and dies in his bed and she cries.
*He is gone. My world is gone. All my family is gone.* She thinks and cries.
She goes through old photos and sat in her room crying.
Emery couldn't sleep so she looks through her scrapbooks. Then prepares to study for her clinics and tries to get some work experience in her field.
She tries to run the store later but is passed out exhausted.
"Em you seem depressed, tired and you look like you haven't eaten in a while. Are you okay?" Rosalie says
"Not really. I don't want to talk about it." She says and goes off and she bumps into Dr. Everton.
"So how is your dad doing? It's been a bit since I have seen him in my office and I did offer chemotherapy but he declined the procedure and said he was better off dying at home." He says to her.
"You're telling me you could have saved my father? You could have helped him from his pain? I can't believe you. This is your fault he is gone! He was my world and you didn't convince him into anything." She says upset and goes off and pushes him away.
He runs after her. "Em wait. I tried to tell him and I know how dangerous chemotherapy is. I am sorry for your loss. It's hard to see people die in this field you are lucky all you have to do is give them exercise.
You know I better get back to my hospital I have plenty to do and was just having a bite to eat." Dr. Everton says and goes off.
She goes away crying and sits at a bench at the park and tries to work on her father's funeral plans.
Dr.Everton works on some patients and keeps reflecting on what Emery said to him.
*I did my best, yet everyone blames the doctor for everything. I am used to this. I probably won't get to see her hired.* He thinks.
He sighs and gets back to work.
Emery helps in a physical therapy clinic and some of Dr.Everton's coworkers watch her and he sees her at work and is happy to see her brown and green eyes.
"Em? What are you doing here?" he asks
"I am working here so I can work my way up. Let me guess you are here to work too for your doctor job with being a surgeon."
"That is correct. Though I will say you get lost easily in this clinic." He says to her.
"I um better go. Since my shift is over." She tells him and she goes off to apply to a different place.
Emery gives Rosalie full ownership of the shop and restaurant and hugs her.
Rosalie grins big.
"Thanks, Em!" She says and is happy to take it over.
Some men take her and threaten to shoot Emery.
"You tell us your family's secret recipes and gives us the money your father owes us then we will let you go." They say to her.
"I don't know what you are talking about." She tells them.
"Then you are staying here and you have until we shoot you." They said very threateningly.
"You know the restaurant no longer belongs to me so the menus are new and I don't have any part of it." She says.
Rosalie starts looking around for Emery and her medical shadow assumes she is sick.
Rosalie calls the cops and makes a report.
"Now then gives us the money and we will let you go." She goes through her checks and gives them what she has and they drive her to the bank and pinpoint the gun to her and she shakingly draws enough for them to go.
They had her pinpointed against a building and is passed out. They run and drive before the cops could come.
Rosalie looks around a corner and sees that Emery is close by and she is checking her pulse.
"Em you will be okay it's me Rosalie and I am here." She says and helps her up.
Emery wakes up and groans. "Ow. Man, some people are such maniacs but they can be so stupid sometimes." She says to Rosalie.
The police department looks for the people who did and they do it with courage.
"Em, I am so glad you are okay!" Rosalie says and hugs her best friend.
"Thanks for having my back, Rosalie! They wanted some things that dad had and I couldn't do much." She says to her. "They got money from me."
"Then the police department will get all that back for you and things will be normal again right?"
"Yeah! You know it also means I go back to working for that doctor again who is a couple of years old than me and I don't see him more than a friend."
"Em, you got to move on. Your ex husband Thomas never treated you right. You need someone who will treat you right and respect you. You need a man who is willing to do anything for you."
"I feel that kind of man is going to have to wait. I need to work my way up and to be honest I am better off and happy on my own if I become an old maid than by golly I am so down to be okay with myself."
"Well I better get back to the store and I just wanted to see how you are doing."
"Thanks, Rosalie!"
"No problem! Now I hope all things work out with you and that doctor." She says and gives a wink and Emery rolls her eyes.
*Whatever. Who could have time for this anyway?*
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Christmas Proposal
RomanceEmery runs a clothing store but has always wanted to be a physical therapist. When she comes across a lead doctor she tries to work things out and has been going through schooling. Could she really get the best guy and her career all in one?
