Learning to Let Go by Elizabeth Pina

Author:Elizabeth Pina [Pina, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Religious
ISBN: 9780971252257
Publisher: Pelican Ventures, LLC
Published: 2009-11-15T05:10:47+00:00

Learning to Let Go

8

Keith couldn’t remember a flu season that hit Houston so hard and lasted so long. Since his embarrassing proposal to Emma, he’d avoided any contact with her. A surprisingly happy Mrs. Schneider took Peter and Rebekah to pageant rehearsal and had even taken them to church. Cora Schneider in church. And singing, all day long. He still couldn’t get over it. He wanted to spend more time with Peter and Rebekah, but lately it had been impossible. They seemed to understand. They, too, were happier. Every time they came home, he got to hear all about the time they’d spent with Emma. She still worked little miracles in his children’s lives, even though his stupidity kept her out of his.

The flu took its toll on the nursing staff, and who knew what he’d be doing by the end of the night. Taking temperatures and blood pressure had become part of his normal routine, and he only hoped it wouldn’t lead to changing sheets or emptying bedpans.

The hospital intercom paged him, and he picked up a nearby phone.

“Get to ER,” Vince said. “School bus rollover. They’re arriving in a fleet of ambulances.”

Keith was soon on the elevator and met his colleague in a roomful of panicked and crying children. Nurses separated the injured into groups, and both doctors began preliminary examinations. Things were hectic for an hour, and several youngsters were dispatched for x-rays, but it was mostly bumps and bruises. Thank God.

Keith smiled to himself. Yes, thank God.

Vince looked as tired as Keith felt. “I think we’ve got it under control. You should go back upstairs.” Vince went over to the nurse’s station, and Keith strode toward the elevators.

Wait.

The voice was clear, but there was no one around. He shivered but lingered. Only silence greeted him. He stared at the elevators before walking in the other direction, back to ER and the children, more subdued now the excitement was over and their parents had arrived.

“Dr. Sullivan.”

He turned toward the voice. A girl lay on one of the examination beds, her face so scratched and bruised he didn’t recognize her at first. “Jordan? Are you okay?”

“I don’t know. I thought I was, but now my head hurts.” She burst into tears.

In a moment, he was beside her.

“I feel...sl...sh...ick,” she whispered.

“Jordan, talk to me. Where does your head hurt? Can you raise your arm?”

Her response was unintelligible, and she closed her eyes.

Keith shouted instructions.

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“Jordan. Jordan, can you hear me?”

Her face twitched in response, lips moving silently.

“Jordan, it’s Dr. Sullivan. Can you hear me?”

The badly bruised and swollen eyes opened slowly. She blinked and spoke with a voice barely above a whisper. “Hi.”

Keith couldn’t help a sigh of relief. “Okay, honey.” He smiled. “You’re going to be fine. Your mom’s waiting to see you.”

He walked out to the waiting room to see Emma with her arm around Jordan’s mother and Vince talking to them both. Three anxious faces turned toward him.

He smiled and nodded but couldn’t bear to look at Emma and spoke to Mrs.

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