Scarred Surrender (Scarred Series Book 6) by Jackie Williams

Author:Jackie Williams [Williams, Jackie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Sensual, Hearts Desire, Disability, PTSD, Life-Changes, Second Chances, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Military, Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Dangerous & Deadly, Afghanistan, War Wounds, Scarred Series, Military Romance, Soldiers Disabled, Active Duty, Military Services, Beautiful & Feisty
Publisher: Jackie Williams
Published: 2016-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“He’s okay! Thank God! He’s going to make a full recovery!” David shouted to the others in the kitchen as he placed his hand over the receiver.

He stopped speaking and listened again as Geraldine gave him all the details. Ellen slumped over the kitchen table and Patrick let out a thankful sigh. James took hold of Emily’s hand and gave it a squeeze as the girl burst into relieved tears. She had joined them in the kitchen after Crystal had woken her with a frantic phone call from the hospital.

David put his phone down on the table and turned to the expectant faces around the table.

“Geraldine says that they’re taking him back to the centre later today. It was a close thing but apparently there’s been no permanent damage. Fortunately Crystal was right beside him when he first came around. Her being there made him fight and he’s been co-operating since. She’s going to stay with him until they get him settled back in the centre. I’m just going to phone Joe. I know he’ll be awake worrying.” He picked up his phone again and began dialling.

James put his selfish emotions to the back of his mind as he passed a tissue to Emily.

“Hey, come on, he’s going to be fine.” He passed her another tissue as the first became sodden.

“I’m just so happy that he’s okay. I really liked him when he came to dinner up here and he enjoyed the art we did so much. I would never have thought he was about to give in like that. He seemed to be the life and soul of the party.” She sniffed loudly and then blew her nose before giving James a brittle smile.

Ellen passed around more cups of tea and a tray of still warm croissants that Patrick had baked to help pass the time. Dawn had already been and gone but none of them had left the kitchen or eaten while they waited for news. Now the tension had broken all of them leaned in to take one of the deliciously sweet, flaky confections.

Patrick leaned against the counter.

“Andrew said that he was suffering from phantom limb when he came up here to dinner. That’s why Gemma brought the guys, so that they could meet Crystal and see if she could help them. Seems like her methods worked far better than we ever thought they might. I never had it that badly. Maybe having one leg helps. I did the mirror image thing for a while and found I could cope pretty quickly.”

David finished his phone call to Joe and grabbed another croissant.

“It was bad for me to begin with, but as soon as my physiotherapist suggested that I clench my invisible toes, I seemed to get control over it. Geraldine helped too. She does this stupid tickling my feet thing. It’s completely mad as I don’t have any, but I swear I can feel her doing it. The laughter makes the pain go away.”

James’ eyes widened as he looked at David incredulously.

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