Nothing to Gain by Claire Boston

Author:Claire Boston [Boston, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Bantilly Publishing
Published: 2018-03-17T16:00:00+00:00

The birds squawking outside Nicholas’s window woke him on Sunday morning. Sunlight streamed through the open blinds. He stretched, every muscle in his body feeling amazing.

Last night had been incredible. Mai had met him kiss for kiss and had given as much as she’d taken. But it wasn’t just the sex. The conversation had been stimulating as well. He hadn’t clicked with anyone in a long time, hadn’t confided in anyone the way he had with her. It seemed natural – right.

If only he could have stayed longer, maybe even the night, but it had already been past her usual bedtime. He wouldn’t be the kind of guy who put his own desires before hers. She needed her sleep.

He got up and made a coffee, taking it out the front to look at the ocean. It was calm this morning, only a gentle swell, with no waves in sight. Maybe he’d go for a swim later, or Mai had suggested he start jogging to improve his fitness. He could probably manage to jog to the rocks and back.

His phone beeped and he immediately tensed. Was it his father?

He didn’t want to know but he would drive himself crazy wondering. Striding back inside, he snatched up his phone.

Traffic accident, calling volunteers to help.

The tension morphed into nerves. His first rescue call. It had to be a serious accident. Would he be able to handle whatever he saw?

He didn’t know.

But if Mai answered the call and he wasn’t there he’d appear like a complete wimp.

He typed a reply and collected his kit bag. The jog would have to wait.

At the fire station, he walked over to Lawrence. “What have we got?”

“Car ploughed into a karri tree off Smith Road. Ambulance is there but they need the jaws of life to get the driver out.”

Nicholas’s mouth went dry. “Who else is coming? Mai?”

Lawrence shook his head. “She doesn’t do traffic accidents. She has a thing about blood. Jeremy and Foley are on their way. Suit up.”

Of course. He hadn’t thought about that. He changed and then helped Lawrence put the trailer on the fast attack. When the others arrived Nicholas got into the vehicle with Jeremy, taking a long slow breath to calm his nerves.

“First accident?” Jeremy asked.

Nicholas nodded.

“Try to distance yourself. Don’t look at the people in the vehicle, focus on the task, which will be cutting the car open to get to them out.”

It sounded easy but he was sure it wouldn’t be.

When they arrived, the police had already cordoned off the road and were redirecting traffic. Ryan let them through and they parked next to the ambulance already on site.

The old dark blue sedan was completely off the road, down an embankment, its bonnet crushed into a huge karri tree that had stopped it from falling down into the gully below. The car was a lot like the one that had been parked at Mai’s cafe the night before.

A male paramedic stood at the driver’s window talking to the driver.

Jeremy swore.

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