“Who am I involved with?” Brendan was incredulous. Then, an idea occurred to him and he frowned deeply. “Are you talking about Emily?

“Fionn, Deirdre refused to listen to my explanation. Are you going to make blind accusations as well? Emily is my attending physician, and there’s nothing between us.”

Fionn’s body turned stiff for a moment when he heard that. He gave him a bitter smile and said, “Mr. Brighthall, if there’s nothing between you and Ms. Collins, why were you hugging each other?”