Runaway Christmas by Swati Sharma

Author:Swati Sharma [Sharma, Swati]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dreamworld Publications
Published: 2017-12-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

As we reached the B&B, there was the swarm of people gathered right outside its entrance. First I thought that people were trying to take the shelter from the rain and snow but as we moved closer, I noticed the commotion. There was an old man lying right on the steps of the hotel and was wailing in pain while Martha and Charlie were leaning over him and others were trying to help him get on his feet. But as someone touched him, he screamed in pain. Connor let go of my arm and rushed towards the man.

“Jesus, how did you fall?” he knelt on the floor and asked everybody to step back. “Pete, help me!” he asked a young boy who was standing there and was on the verge of crying. Pete rushed towards the man lying on the steps and helped Connor to get him on his feet. The man cried but managed to get up. Connor and Pete held his shoulders from either side and took him inside the hotel while the man kept on screaming and cursing the rain. Martha and Charlie trailed them to the couch in the reception whereas the crowd dispersed and picked their way through the fast falling flurry. Once they cautiously helped the old man to the couch, Connor pulled out his phone from his jacket and called the doctor. Martha’s face had drained of any color.

“Are you ok?” Charlie took the seat next to the old man.

“I think I have hurt my back!” the old man replied. “Bloody rain made the stairs slippery and I slipped,” he said as he rested his head on the couch and closed his eyes. He was soaking wet and by the look on Martha’s face, she was not only worried about him but also about her couch.

“I have called the doctor. He would be here in a while” Connor kept his phone back in his pocket and came back to the old man. “Do you think we should take you to the hospital?” he took his palm in his hands and asked him politely.

“Don’t worry, I will be fine. Can you put on the fire? I am freezing!” he asked Connor. As he went to light the fire, Martha offered to make the nutmeg tea and asked Pete to accompany her. On way to the kitchen, I heard her babbling about not knowing where anything in the kitchen was. Later Connor told me that the old man was Jack Stuart, apparently, the chef at the cafe and Pete had recently joined him and was learning to bake and cook under his guidance.

Twenty minutes later, by the time doctor had arrived; Jack had had two cups of tea and couple of Advil. “He has strained his back, there is spasm. I would suggest him to take the rest for a week or so and use cold and hot pack alternatively. I have also prescribed few medicines but the most important thing is rest” he looked sternly at Jack.

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