Summer of Love by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2021-01-04T22:01:11+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

DANIEL could feel his heart thumping as he helped Emma set up the drip. It had been a shock to see her and there was no point denying it. Had she come purely to offer her services as a doctor, or because she had been worried about him?

His heart beat all the harder at that beguiling thought and he gritted his teeth. He was doing it again, letting himself hope for the impossible, and it was stupid to behave this way. Emma’s reasons for being here had nothing to do with him and everything to do with their patient!

He stood up abruptly and turned to Mike. ‘That’s about all we can do for him. The sooner we get him to hospital, the better his chances will be.’

‘The air ambulance is on its way,’ Mike informed him. ‘The problem is that it can’t land out here in the dark—it’s way too dangerous. We’re going to have to carry the lad to the nearest stretch of road and have him picked up from there.’

‘How long’s that going to take?’ Daniel demanded, his heart sinking at the thought of there being a further lengthy delay.

‘Fifteen minutes max,’ Mike assured him.

‘But it takes a lot longer than that to get back to town,’ Daniel protested.

‘It does, but I expect the team will use a different route to get him to the road,’ Emma said quietly beside him.

Daniel spun round, feeling his senses reel when he realised how close she was. Normally, she kept her distance, both physically and mentally, but she was standing so close to him now that he could feel the warmth of her skin. It was hard to concentrate when every cell in his body was so acutely aware of her.

‘Do you mean to say that I could have got help here sooner if I hadn’t sent Ryan into the town?’ he demanded, the force of his reaction making him sound—and feel—distinctly tetchy.

‘I doubt it. The nearest road to here is fairly isolated. There’s very little traffic uses it, especially at this time of the year, so the chances of Ryan being able to flag down a car were pretty remote. You did the best thing by sending him back to town to get help,’ she replied calmly, although Daniel couldn’t help noticing that she avoided meeting his eyes.

Was she equally aware of him as he was of her? he wondered, then had to swallow his groan when his heart set off again, pounding away as though possessed. When Mike came over with a foil blanket for him to wrap around himself, he barely managed to nod his thanks. Forget about feeling cold and wet—it would be a miracle if he didn’t have a heart attack at this rate!

It took them just under the allotted time to stretcher the injured boy to the pick-up point. The police were already there and had set up a landing site for the helicopter in a nearby field. It arrived a couple of minutes

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