True Light by Terri Blackstock

Author:Terri Blackstock
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Romance, Mystery, Suspense, Fiction
ISBN: 9780310296157
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2006-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

thirty-six

DESPITE THE TRAUMA OF THE SHOOTINGS EARLIER THAT DAY, Deni found George Mason and Will Truman back in their ambulance, sitting in their usual spot on Keisler Street, waiting for the next emergency. They both stared into space as if shell-shocked. She knocked on George's window.

He rolled it down. "Yeah?"

"George...Will..." Out of breath, she tried to find her voice. "You've got to come. Mark Green's been beaten. He needs to get to the hospital."

The two paramedics wasted no time, and she followed on her bike as they drove back to her house. Derek had stabilized Mark and returned home to his living room full of patients, but Chris had stayed behind. She met them all at the door.

"It's an open head wound, and he's showing no evidence of concussion," she said as she led them in. "And it's a wonder, because frankly, I think they meant to kill him. If you ask me, we need to get our own vigilante gang, and make sure those men don't attack anyone ever again."

Martha moved away to give the paramedics room. George stooped down next to him, and Mark winced as he lifted the bandage that Derek had taped to his forehead. "Looks bad," he said. "Why didn't the doc suture it for you?"

"He said it needed a plastic surgeon," Mark muttered.

Chris leaned over the back of the couch. "It's deep enough to need several layers of sutures. He wanted it done right."

"He blocked the blows with his arms," Deni said. "That's why his arm is fractured."

"And if he hadn't, he'd be so dead," Chris muttered. "Those baseball bats would have shattered his skull. It's a classic case of a mob mentality, and these men have been allowed to get away with it too long."

George shot Chris a weary look. "We get it, okay?"

Chris's face fell. "I'm sorry...I just..." Suddenly, she caught her breath. "Oh no. I forgot that you two were at the jail when the shooting happened this morning. You're probably sick to death of...well, death."

George ignored her, but Will gave her a long, disbelieving look. Her hands came up to her chest, and remorse colored her face. Deni set her arm around her friend's shoulders to silence her. The more Chris talked, the more likely she was to dig herself deeper.

Mark seemed anxious to break the tension. "I think what Chris is trying to say...is you guys probably need some time off."

George studied Mark's broken collarbone. "We thought about it, but with convicts and crazies running around, we figure this isn't the time for a vacation."

Chris's hand came up to her mouth, and tears burst into her eyes. "You guys are such heroes."

George's agitation seemed to fade, and he swallowed hard. "Just doing our job."

Mark refused a gurney and limped out to the ambulance. Deni and Martha climbed in with him.

As George got behind the wheel, Chris came to his window. "Let me know if there's anything I can ever help you with," she said. "Really. I have a big mouth, but I'm a very good nurse.

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