Harlequin Medical Romance January 2017--Box Set 1 of 2 by Marion Lennox

Author:Marion Lennox
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488021978
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2017-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

‘ALEX!’

She looked round and saw Hayley’s father signalling towards the door, where a man and a teenage girl were standing, looking around uncertainly. Alex always made sure to welcome any newcomers herself and she took the steps between the seats at a run.

‘Hello. My name’s Alex Jackson.’ She paused to get her breath back and the girl’s face broke into a grin.

‘Hi. I’m Carys.’

Alex had hoped that Carys would come today, and she’d said that her father would be bringing her. She wondered whether Carys had told him that they’d already spoken.

The man held out his hand. ‘I’m Ben Wheeler. I hear my daughter’s been phoning you.’

‘Dad…’ Carys started to protest and Alex smiled at the man. Traces of grey in his hair, and lines around his eyes. His smile seemed weary, as if it was something he had to remember to do.

‘We’re always glad to hear from young people who might be interested in joining us.’ She decided to tread lightly at first.

‘Well, I don’t know whether she’s ready. She’s having problems with the fit of her prosthesis…’

‘Dad!’ Carys frowned, obviously feeling that her father was intent on undermining her.

‘That’s not unusual. It sometimes takes a while to get things right. We can give some help and advice on that, and in the meantime perhaps I can introduce Carys to some of our members.’

‘Right. Yes, that’s…’ Ben rubbed his hand across his head in a gesture of helplessness. ‘Will you be all right on the steps, Carys?’

‘I’m a physiotherapist; I’ll make sure she doesn’t fall.’ Alex put on her most persuasive smile. ‘Why don’t you sit and watch—we’ll be having more races soon.’

She gestured towards a seat, which just happened to be in front of Hayley’s parents, and Ben nodded and sat down. As she turned, she saw Hayley’s father leaning forward to introduce himself.

Carys was looking uncertainly at the steps running down in front of her. ‘Shall we go round the other way? It’s a bit further to walk, but there are no steps.’

‘No. I think I can manage them.’

‘Good girl. We’ll do it together. Left leg first.’ Alex tucked Carys’s hand around her arm, ready to support her if she started to wobble, and Carys carefully lowered her prosthetic limb down the first step.

‘I thought you were going to talk to him…’ They’d got almost to the bottom of the steps, taking it slowly, one at a time, before Carys muttered the words at her.

Alex glanced over her shoulder. Ben had already swapped seats to sit with Hayley’s parents, and a couple of the other parents had wandered over to introduce themselves. ‘It’s like we said on the phone, Carys…’

‘Hi… You’re Carys?’ Leo was suddenly beside her, brimming with restless energy. Carys stared at him, momentarily forgetting all about the three more steps she had in front of her.

Alex waved Leo out of the way and he backed down the steps, giving Carys room to laboriously finish her descent. As soon as she was

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