His Protective Wings by Sophie Dawson

Author:Sophie Dawson [Dawson, Sophie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633760387
Publisher: Eulea Books
Published: 2018-12-18T05:00:00+00:00

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Ruth followed several of the men who got to the door first. Kathryn was just coming up the steps.

“I told him not to. He wouldn’t listen.” Tears were streaming down her face. She pointed to the corner of the porch.

Ozzie and Boone were holding Tadpole who was dripping wet hanging half out of the rain barrel.

“He climbed up onto the roof and jumped off. I think he’s hurt,” Ozzie yelled. The teens were not able to lift him up enough to get him out of the barrel.

Ruth’s heart beat hard in her chest as she watched McIlroy and Massot haul the crying boy out and lay him on the ground. She ran to the edge of the porch and looked down at him.

Doc Eli knelt beside him. He lifted Tadpole’s left arm which was bent between the wrist and elbow. Ruth pressed one hand to her mouth, the other to her chest. The arm looked broken to her.

“It’s broken. I’ll need to take him to the clinic to set and put a cast on.” Eli laid the arm across Tadpole’s chest. “Don’t move that if you can hold it still. I’m going to carry you.” He picked up the boy gently and strode up the street. Ruth hurried to follow.

“I told him not to jump. I told him, but he wouldn’t listen.” Kathryn was weeping.

“It’s going to be okay. Doc will fix him up. You stay with Libby and Blanche. I’m going to be with him. He’ll be scared.” Ruth hugged her daughter and handed her to Blanche.

Massot joined her on the walk to the clinic. “That boy is a pistol, that’s for sure. Jumping off the roof into a rain barrel.” He shook his head as they hurried across the street.

“Why would he do something like that?” Ruth wiped the tears from her cheeks.

Massot chuckled. “That’s boys. I did some pretty lame-brained stunts when I was a boy.”

They entered the clinic and went straight to the exam room where Doc Eli was removing the clothing from the soaking wet boy. Tadpole had stopped crying, but pain was written all over his face.

“I’m going to cut this shirt off. I don’t want to try to get it off over the break.” Eli cut along the seam up the side and along the seam of the sleeve. “Maybe you can sew it back together.”

Ruth took the shirt and other items as they were removed. “I should have thought to get dry clothing and bring it.”

Eli wrapped Tadpole in a sheet with only his left arm out. “Massot, I want you to hold him. I’m going to set the arm.”

When Eli pulled the arm, Tadpole let out a scream and began crying again. Eli laid the arm down in Tadpole’s lap and signaled to Ruth to approach, and started to gather what he needed to apply the cast.

She came and wrapped her arms around him carefully so as not to jostle the arm. “The worst is over, Tadpole.” She kissed his head. “Doc will put a cast on it to hold it in place until the bones heal.

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