Daredevil, Doctor...Husband? by Alison Roberts

Author:Alison Roberts [Roberts, Alison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474004732
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2015-11-11T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

THE MORE TIME he spent with Summer, the more Zac could see that picture of a perfect future.

‘D’you think you’ll always want to live on a boat?’ The query was casual. They were restocking gear during a quiet spell one afternoon.

‘No way. I had no idea I’d be doing it for this long.’ Summer turned to look at the pouch Zac was filling. ‘Have you got plenty of size eight cuffed tracheal tubes in there?’

‘Three. That’s enough, isn’t it?’

‘Yes. Make sure we’ve got sizes three, four and five of the laryngeal mask airways, too. And we’ll do the paediatric airway kit next.’

‘Sure.’ Zac checked the size printed on the sterile packages for the LMAs. ‘So how long did you think you’d live on a boat, then?’

‘As long as it took to save up a house deposit.’ She snapped a laryngoscope handle into place to check the light and then folded it closed again. ‘I was looking for a share flat when I moved up from Hamilton but then I heard about the boat and it was cheaper. I didn’t expect house prices to go so crazy, though. It feels like I’m getting further and further away. And living on the boat’s not helping.’

‘Even if it’s cheaper?’

‘I’m getting spoiled. I can’t imagine living far from a beach now and they’re always the pricier suburbs.’

‘I know. My grandparents had no idea what a good investment they were making when they bought a rundown old house on the beach nearly sixty years ago.’

‘It’s a perfect house.’

Zac opened the paediatric airway kit. He ran his gaze over the shiny laryngoscope blades and handles, the Magill forceps and the range of tracheal tubes and LMAs. There didn’t seem to be anything missing from the slots. He checked the pocket that held the tiniest airways that could be needed in resuscitating a newborn baby and sent out a silent prayer that they wouldn’t be needing to use any of them any time soon.

A quick glance at Summer took in the way she was sitting cross-legged on the storeroom floor. She had another kit open on her lap—the serious airway gear that made things like scalpels and tracheal dilators available when all else failed.

Her words still echoed in the back of his head.

The house that he would inherit one day was perfect. Like the life that Ivy had imagined him living in it one day.

He’d always loved the house but how much better was it on the nights that Summer and Flint stayed over? When they could all go out at first light and run on the beach or brave the cold water for an early morning wake-up swim?

It was like his job. Perfect but so much better when he got to share it with Summer. The bonus of seeing the crew in their orange flight suits arrive to hand over a patient when he was on a shift in Emergency always added something special to his day. Days like today, when he was actually working on the rescue base as her crew partner, were the best of all.

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