Dr. Zinetti's Snowkissed Bride by Sarah Morgan

Author:Sarah Morgan
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-11-30T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FIVE

AT LUNCH TIME on the day of the ball, Dino slammed his way through the doors of the emergency department, his bleep sounding and his phone ringing simultaneously. ‘Is someone trying to get hold of me?’

‘Dino, thank goodness.’ Unusually flustered, Ellie pushed equipment into his hands. ‘There’s a car stuck in snow on the Wrynose Pass. They can’t go forwards and they can’t go back. You need to go and help. Meg is going with you. I’ve packed everything I think you’ll need.’

‘How about a winch?’ Dino lifted an eyebrow. ‘Since when did we start operating a vehicle recovery service?’

‘It’s not the vehicle you’re recovering, it’s the woman inside. She’s very pregnant. She was on her way over the pass to stay with her mum, because it’s closer to the hospital and she’s afraid of being snowed in, but she’s now stuck in the snow. Before you say anything, no, it isn’t funny.’ Ellie stuffed two more blankets into his arms. ‘Do you want the rest of the good news?’

‘That was good news?’

‘This is her second baby. The first one was a precipitate delivery. Thirty minutes from start to finish.’

Dino rolled his eyes. ‘In that case, she needs to be airlifted.’

‘The helicopter has just been grounded—they’ve found a fault. They’re trying to get another one but in the meantime the only vehicle that can get you up there is the mountain rescue ambulance. Meg’s already outside, waiting for you, revving up the engine.’

Dino strode towards the door and flung the extra equipment into the back of the four-wheel-drive vehicle that was used by the mountain rescue team. ‘I’m driving.’

‘No way.’ Meg fastened her seat belt. ‘I’m already sitting at the wheel. Get in, macho man.’

‘I’ll get in when you move into the passenger seat,’ Dino drawled, leaning across and undoing her seat belt. ‘Move over. I’m not kidding.’

Meg tightened her grip on the wheel and refused to move. ‘Chauvinist.’

‘Actually, you’re wrong. If it were Ben or Sean sitting in the driver’s seat, I’d still move them. I’m Italian. I don’t like being driven. Move, Meg, before this woman gives birth in a snowdrift.’

With a sigh, she flounced across into the passenger seat. ‘Fine. I’m only doing this because we can’t waste any more time. Just don’t come squealing to me for help when you’ve slid off the road because you don’t know the bends of the Wrynose Pass. If you’re in the wrong gear, you’ll never make it.’

‘I’ll make it.’ His hands confident on the wheel, Dino headed along the valley and turned onto the narrow road that led to the beginning of the pass. A snow plough had clearly been along the road before them and the snow was banked high against the stone walls that bordered the fields. ‘Why did they pick this route?’

‘Because they were desperate and panicking. The forecast for the next few days is really awful. They were afraid that if they waited any longer, they’d be snowed in. One of the disadvantages of living in a remote area.

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