Love Inspired July 2013 - Bundle 2 of 2: Baby in His Arms\Montana Wrangler\His Unexpected Family by Linda Goodnight

Author:Linda Goodnight [Goodnight, Linda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Steeple Hill
Published: 2013-08-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Jay followed the ambulance in his truck, Bryan riding with him. Paige rode with Henry and the EMTs.

“Is Grandpa going to die?” Bryan’s voice sounded choked with tears he was trying not to shed.

Jay glanced at him. Ever since Henry had collapsed, the kid had been as pale as a rabbit in its winter coat. A pretty scary thing for a youngster of twelve to see.

It was pretty scary for Jay, too. He didn’t want to consider what would happen if the old guy passed away. That would be tough on Bryan. And Paige. Losing two family members in less than two weeks would be hard to face.

“I don’t know,” he said with honesty. “We’ll find out after the doctors get a look at him.”

“First thing the ambulance guy did was put an oxygen mask on Grandpa.” His chin trembled.

“That’s a good sign.” Jay tried to reassure Bryan when, in fact, he was more worried about Henry’s rapid pulse. It had felt like Henry’s heart was trying to launch itself out of his chest. “It means your grandfather was still breathing. He just needed a little help getting enough oxygen.”

Bryan didn’t seem entirely satisfied with Jay’s answer.

Siren screaming and emergency lights flashing, the ambulance cleared a path down the highway. Jay hung close behind it. He remembered how he had raced Annie to the hospital when she started to bleed rather than wait for an ambulance, and a knot formed in his gut.

They hadn’t been able to save her at the hospital.

He prayed to God that Henry would make it.

The ambulance turned onto a side street, slowing only as it reached the emergency entrance to Bear Lake Medical Clinic. A modern two-story building, it served the needs of residents and tourists in a fifty-mile radius.

Jay peeled into the parking lot and found a spot near the main entrance.

He and Bryan walked in through the automatic doors. Jay headed for the information desk. A middle-aged woman wearing a blue volunteer jacket looked up expectantly.

“The ambulance is bringing Henry Stephenson into the emergency room now. Is there any way we can get in there to see him?”

“Are you a relative?”

Jay hooked his arm around Bryan’s shoulder. “He’s Stephenson’s great-grandson.”

She nodded, glanced at Bryan with sympathetic eyes then clicked a few keys on her computer. “We don’t have him checked into the system yet. It will be better if you wait here in the lobby until they have him settled. It can get pretty chaotic in there. I’ll let you know when it’s all right to go in.”

“Okay.” At least Paige was there with Henry. She’d see to it that Henry got the attention he needed.

Jay looked around. An assortment of chairs were arranged facing a television set that was showing a basketball play-off game with the sound muted. Two couples were staring at the screen. A mother sat rocking a baby in her arms.

“Let’s find ourselves a couple seats, son. This may be a long wait.”

Bryan scrubbed his eyes with the back of his hands.

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