All Is Fair by Dee Garretson

Author:Dee Garretson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends

CHAPTER

FOURTEEN

I DARTED INTO the house and ran upstairs. The nurse looked up when I ran into Andrew’s room.

“I have to talk to him,” I said. “It’s very important. It’s about his war work.”

“Only for a moment,” the nurse said. “He’s suffered a very grievous injury.” She stepped back.

“I need to see him alone,” I told her. “I wouldn’t ask if it wasn’t important.”

She frowned. “All right, but don’t agitate him. Just for a moment. I’ll be right out in the hall.”

Andrew lay so still and his skin was so gray that I had to watch his chest to make sure he was still breathing. “Andrew,” I said softly.

He opened his eyes and gave the faintest of smiles, then closed his eyes again.

I wanted to put my hand on his shoulder to get him to listen to me, but I was afraid I’d hurt him more. I spoke louder. “Please, Andrew, wake up.” He opened his eyes, so I kept talking. “Lucas is going off on his own to Germany today. I tried to stop him, but he wouldn’t listen. I need someone else to stop him.”

Andrew attempted to sit up, an involuntary moan escaping from him. He fell back. “No, he can’t go by himself,” he wheezed, sounding as if every word was a struggle. “He won’t get a mile before he’s captured.”

I tried to speak slowly enough that I wouldn’t babble. “Lucas took the motorcar. He said he’s going on a convoy tonight.” I could feel my throat tightening up and the panic rising. “I don’t understand. I thought he was flying into Germany.”

“No.” He grimaced with pain. “He’s going to Cranwell. It was arranged for us to be flown to Dover and then to go on from there.” He took a few more breaths before he spoke again. “Help me down to the library so I can make a telephone call.”

“Andrew, no! You shouldn’t move.”

“Get the nurse,” he said. “Now.”

I got her. When he told her what he wanted, she said, “Absolutely not. Only the doctor could authorize that, and I know for a fact he won’t. Let the young lady make the telephone call for you. And don’t think you are going to help him get up, miss.” She shook a finger at me. “He’ll collapse before he gets to the door.”

“I can make the call, Andrew!” I turned to the nurse. “Would you mind waiting in the hall again?”

“Only a few more minutes,” she warned. “He’s going to have a setback if he doesn’t rest.” She stomped out. “The doctor will be here any moment, and then you’ll have to leave.”

“Call the Foreign Office,” Andrew said to me. “Major Siddons. He’s our contact. He can arrange for someone to go with Lucas.”

I supposed I should feel some relief at the notion of someone taking Andrew’s place, but that meant Lucas was still going. “All right, I’ll call right away,” I said.

“Wait.” He struggled to sit up again.

“Andrew, don’t.” I leaned in close. “You don’t have to sit up for me to hear you.

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