Miracle of Love by Allie Boniface

Author:Allie Boniface
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christmas, holiday, second chance, baby, medical, nurse, small town, inspirational
Publisher: Allie Boniface
Published: 2015-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“We’ll get to the girls in the car first,” one Bluffet Edge medic said to Mick. “You’ll handle the SUV?”

Mick nodded and hurried over. The driver’s side door of the SUV had collapsed inward, which meant he’d have to perform triage from inside. Awkwardly, he pulled open the door and climbed into the back seat.

“Are you hurt?” he asked the middle-aged woman behind the wheel. She pressed her lips together but shook her head. The airbags hadn’t gone off, and he didn’t see any obvious injuries to either her or the man beside her, though the man’s eyes fluttered closed every few seconds. Mick reached over to take the woman’s pulse. Other than her pale skin, she appeared alert and uninjured.

“I don’t think so.” She brushed the hair from her eyes. “Just really shook up.”

“That’s normal.” He took her blood pressure and examined her eyes. Nothing suspicious. He took a closer look at the man lying in the passenger seat, read the alert bracelet around his wrist, and pulled out a packet of glucose tablets. Diabetic shock setting in. “How long has he been like this?”

“A few minutes. He’s usually good about monitoring his sugar levels, but with the storm, we haven’t eaten since lunch. We were trying to get off the highway to find a place for dinner.” Her eyes filled and she reached over and took the man’s hand. Matching gold wedding bands stood out on their white skin. “Our wedding anniversary is tomorrow,” she added in a whisper. “Twenty-three years.”

“Well, early congratulations to you both,” Mick said in a calm voice.

Twenty-three years with the same person. Wow. It might have sounded absurd to some of his still-unmarried friends, yet on that dark night, Mick clung to the thought with an ache in his chest. What might he and Annie accomplish in that amount of time together? Careers? Marriage? Children? The wind whipped in through the ajar door of the SUV, and his thoughts splintered. Never mind. Doesn’t matter. Annie didn’t want any of that with him. She didn’t want to risk their friendship, and he supposed some part of him couldn’t blame her.

He swallowed away a hard lump in his throat and focused on the couple. “I better get your husband ready to put on his dancing shoes tomorrow to celebrate, right?”

The woman gave him a small smile. Mick bent over the man. “Hi there,” he said. The man’s eyes fluttered open. “My name’s Mick. I’m a paramedic. I’m going to get your blood sugar levels regulated.”

The man nodded as Mick checked his vital signs. “You have anything to drink in here?

The woman passed over a bottle of water. Mick handed it to the man, who tipped his head back and swallowed the tablets. His lips moved as if to say something, but Mick put a hand on his leg. “Take a rest. No talking. I’m going to monitor you for a while right here, and then once you’re stabilized, I want to take you both to the hospital in Bluffet Edge.

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