He met her eyes and said, “She is used to living a lifestyle that I can’t afford.”
And it suddenly made more sense.
“Lifestyle wasn’t the most important thing,” she responded.
They weren’t living off welfare, what with her being a doctor. And while being a nurse wasn’t exactly a paved way to earning millions, it was not a life of poverty. There were opportunities for advancement and the paychecks were better than what a lot of people were able to manage.
“For some girls, it is.”
“Have you thought about nurse practitioner school? At my old job, they would pay your way if you agreed to work with them for a year after graduation.”
He was ripping up the straw wrapper. “Yeah, I’ve thought about it.”
“And?”
“I don’t know. It’s a lot of school.”
She sat back in her chair and huffed. “Wel
