Nurse Saxon's Patient by Marjorie Norrell

Author:Marjorie Norrell [Norrell, Marjorie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

With an effort she pulled herself together, smiled up at him and lifted her hand in answer to his farewell salute, but when they returned to the house Garth withdrew with a book, Andy and his wife remained engrossed in the television, and Julie, feeling suddenly alone and bereft, wandered out into the garden to try and calm the emotional storm she had induced in herself and could neither understand nor control.

There was a small scene when they retired for the night. Garth was convinced he could manage to prepare himself for bed, wash and all else, even fold his clothes, now he had the use of one hand returned to him Julie, whose heart had ached as she watched his determined struggles to manage to eat his dinner unaided, heard the muffled sounds of the struggle and a few half-smothered ejaculations from the room adjoining her own, and at last tapped on his door.

‘Yes?’ came the uncompromising syllable from within. She could imagine him standing there, half angry, half defiant, most certainly disappointed.

‘It’s Julie,’ she said softly. ‘May I come and help?’ There was a brief pause, then, in a defeated tone, he called: ‘If you like. I can do it ... but it’ll take all night...’

‘Then it just isn’t worth it,’ Julie smiled at him as she entered, forcing a lightness to her tone. ‘Another few weeks and you’ll have both hands free, and this light exercise will do them good.’

Deftly she folded his clothes and placed them on the hangers and chair, and while she had her back to him he spoke again, quickly, as though what he had to say must be said at once.

‘You didn’t mean it—about leaving my case, did you, Julie? Remember, we were talking about it when Ian arrived.’

‘I ... don’t know,’ Julie confessed. ‘A great deal depends on Roger’s—my brother’s—plans. If he would like me to go back with him I shall be greatly tempted. It’s what we’d always planned to do together if his book was successful, and it is...’

‘And what about Ian—Mr. Greensmith?’ Garth asked then, taking her by the shoulder with his left hand and forcing her to turn and face him. ‘What does he say about all this? I ... I’m sure he doesn’t want you to leave St. Luke’s ... not to go away like that, at any rate.’

Suddenly Julie knew that he had seen Ian’s chaste embrace earlier on that day. What he had read into it she could only guess, for she did not know that he had only seen Ian bend towards her, arms outstretched, and did not realize that Garth had formed his own opinions as to what happened next. Whatever he thought, she decided swiftly, she must disillusion him immediately. If ever he and Tansy broke their engagement she did not want him to imagine an understanding between herself and Ian to complicate matters further!

‘Apart from our mutual work for patients and the fact that we are good friends into the bargain, Ian—Mr.

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