title: The Doctor's Calling
author:  Stella Bagwell 
description: The author of over seventy-five titles for Harlequin, Stella Bagwell writes about familes, the West, strong, silent men of honor and the women who love them. She credits her loyal readers and hopes her stories have brightened their lives in some small way. A cowgirl through and through, she recently learned how to rope a steer. Her days begin and end helping her husband on their south Texas ranch. In between she works on her next tale of love. Contact her at stellabagwell@gmail.com
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  THE HEART REMEMBERS. . . .
  
  
  The doctor follows the coin as it flips across my hand. “Do you have problems
  with the police?” he asks.
  
  
  “No, it’s not that. I have to find someone,” I say. The coin clatters to the
  floor.
  
  
  The doctor picks it up and hands it to me. “Find who?”
  
  
  Perhaps it’s the casual way he asked; my bruised brain doesn’t have time to
  scramble it before spitting it out. Or perhaps the fog is lifting now, and
  leaving a terrific headache behind. But there it is, a name, on my lips, like
  I say it all the time.
  
  
  _“Lulu.”_
  
  
  “Ahh, Lulu. _Trés bien_!” The doctor claps his hands together. “Let us call
  this Lulu. She can come get you. Or we can bring her to you.”
  
  
  It is too much to explain that I don’t know where Lulu is. Only that she’s in
  the white room and she’s waiting for me and she’s been waiting for a long
  time. And I have this terrible feeling, and it’s not just because I’m in a
  hospital where things are routinely lost, but because of somethi