Price of love by Rachel Lindsay

Author:Rachel Lindsay [Rachel Lindsay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance - Harlequin
ISBN: 9780037370543
Publisher: Harlequin Books
Published: 1974-08-15T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER VII

The panic that flooded through Paula at seeing Jason when she had believed him to be hundreds of miles away robbed her of all logic. Afraid to return to the party, she was also afraid to go home in case he was waiting for her there, and for more than an hour she walked the streets of Marsden.

It was not till it began to rain that she took notice of her surroundings and saw the lights of the hospital less than fifty yards away. Her breath caught in her throat and the blue flashing light of an ambulance shimmered and wavered through eyes that were suddenly wet with tears. More than ever, hospital meant home—a womb to which she could return for comfort. She ran towards it Here she was safe from Jason. In the cool, clinical atmosphere where emotion was superseded by efficiency, she stood a chance of thinking about him with some degree of sanity. As she entered the vestibule she knew she had been right to come here. Already the faint smell of disinfectant was superseding the aroma of the special cigarettes Jason smoked, and the metallic voice of the intercom requesting for a doctor drowned the memory of his drawling, arrogant voice.

Although she bad not been expected back, only a few moments passed before she was with a patient—a recently admitted nicer case that had started to haemorrhage.

'I'm glad you were here,' the staff nurse said as they finally left the ward together. ' Casualty have been so busy tonight they wouldn't have thanked me for calling them.'

'I'U be in the canteen if you want me' Paula said.

'I doubt if we will again tonight. Dr Blake's due back at ten.' The nurse looked at her sharply. 'If you don't mind my saying so, doctor, the best place for you is bed. You look all in.'

Paula shrugged away the remark and went to the canteen for a cup of coffee. She took it to a table in the corner and sat with her back to the room, hoping no one would speak to her. She had to think of the implications behind Jason's re-appearance in Marsden, and her own reaction to it.

" I'm tired," she thought. " I can't take any more." Fighting Jason was like fighting herself. For the first time that evening she admitted what had been obvious from the beginning: the panic she had felt at seeing him sprung from fear of her own emotions, from the knowledge that within five minutes of their being alone together she would have found herself in his arms. With a murmur she pushed aside her cup and leaned her head on her hands. Resentfully she became aware of someone coming to sit opposite her. Martin, she thought dully—and looked out through the spread fan of her fingers. Jason's face Btared back at her. She shut her eyes quickly, hoping that what she could not see could not really exist . . .

' Look at me, Paula.' A finger touched her cheek, 'When are you going to stop running away?'

'I'm not.

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