Beautiful Journey by Kenna White

Author:Kenna White [White, Kenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Mystery & Detective, Fiction, Women Sleuths, Lesbian, General
ISBN: 9781594931284
Google: wa0SLQAACAAJ
Amazon: 1594931283
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2008-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

The ready room was empty. Even Commander Griggs was out of her office. From a look at the assignment sheets, Kit assumed her girls had been sent out on their next delivery.

The door opened and Emily stepped in, carrying a box full of folders.

"Lieutenant Anderson," she said, noticing Kit studying the map.

"Hello." Kit looked up. "What have you got there?"

"These are for Commander Griggs. I brought them back from Luton." Emily's face changed from pleasant to horrified. "Lieutenant, what happened to your head?" she asked, dropping the box in a chair.

"What are you talking about?" Kit asked, touching the tingle she felt on her forehead. She drew back bloody fingers.

"Did you have an accident on the motorcycle?" Emily asked angrily. "I knew it was too dangerous to ride." She came to see Kit's wound.

"I didn't have an accident on the motorcycle. This must have happened when I lost power on the P-Fifty-one and had to land with a dead stick." Kit rubbed her forehead again.

"Don't do that. Sit down and let me have a look." Emily pulled a white hankie from her pocket and prepared to administer first aid. "That's a nasty looking gash."

"It's nothing," Kit insisted, still wiping the blood that was now trickling down her cheek.

"Sit down," Emily ordered, steering Kit toward a chair then pushing down on her shoulder. Kit had no choice. She decided it was better to give in and let Emily tend to her wound than to continue dripping blood onto the flight jacket. "Lean your head back and hold this." Emily pressed the handkerchief over the cut. "I'm going to get some water and a bandage."

"That's all right. It'll stop bleeding in a minute."

"Just hold it, Lieutenant. I'll be right back." Emily placed Kit's hand over the hankie and hurried out the back door. She was only gone a few minutes and was back before the bleeding stopped. She carefully removed the handkerchief and dipped it in a pan of water then went about dabbing at the cut.

"Ouch!" Kit flinched as Emily touched it. It hadn't hurt before. Kit had barely noticed she was injured. But now it stung and was beginning to throb. "Just press the handkerchief on it, and I'll be fine."

"You'll be fine when I tell you you'll be fine," Emily said, pushing Kit's hand away. "Now hold still. You've got it bleeding again."

"And you thought we Americans are pushy."

"Lieutenant Anderson, what happened?" Andrea exclaimed, stepping through the door.

"Nothing," Kit snapped.

"I saw your landing in the Mustang. That must have been a hairy flight." Andrea came to Kit's side to see her wound.

"You may require stitches, Lieutenant," Emily said.

"Oh, no I won't," Kit said decisively and stood up.

Emily grabbed her sleeve and pulled her back into the chair.

"Oh, yes, you will."

"No, I won't. Doris had stitches on a tiny little cut on the back of her head, and she said it hurt worse than having a baby. And she ought to know. She had two of them."

"Would you rather bleed to death?" Emily scowled, still dabbing away the blood.

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