**Doctor’s Orders**
Chapter 47
YARA'S POV
The silence in the exam room felt heavier than it should have.
I sat on the edge of the table with my knees apart, hoodie still on, shorts still on, and refused to look small. Even here. Even like this. The paper under me crackled every time I shifted. The fluorescent lights hummed. Somewhere down the hall a phone rang once and stopped. None of it mattered. The only real sound was my own breathing and the soft rustle of his white coat.
Dr. Elias Voss stood with my chart in one hand, the other tucked into the pocket of his coat. He had grown into himself in the years since high school—taller, broader, the awkward skinny boy replaced by a man who wore authority like it had always belonged to him. His dark eyes moved over me with calm professio
