Remember This Day by Mairsile Leabhair

Author:Mairsile Leabhair
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Mairsile Leabhair
Published: 2014-10-20T03:00:00+00:00

Dr. Kline walked up to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses desk, and asked why he had been paged. The nurse pointed to Samantha, huddled in a corner, clutching her baby tight to her chest. Both Samantha and the baby were crying hysterically. Another nurse was trying to cajole the child from her, but Samantha was so terrified, she refused, and held her baby even tighter. The nurses were concerned that she might be hurting it.

Samantha didn’t know it was a tornado because the roar of the winds sounded just like the sand storms that blew through the Syrian Desert, buffeting the house so hard she feared it would collapse at any minute. That was where her mind had taken her.

“As you were, Staff Sergeant Vincent.” That worked, Kline thought, she’s trying to focus, “Samantha? It’s all right, Samantha. The storm is over, it’s safe to come out now.” Kline knelt down beside her so she could see his face, hoping he had enough trust built up with his patient by now, to convince her that she was safe. They had only had just a few sessions together, of which she felt was forced upon her by the Army, and so she fought him at every turn. And even though she tested him, he was starting to draw her out of her shell.

Kline’s voice resonated through the baby’s crying, and Samantha lovingly kissed her baby on the forehead.

“Is it over with?” she asked, as Kline helped her stand up.

“Yes, the tornado is gone. You are safe now, Samantha. Why don’t you give the baby back to the nurse so she can tend to him?”

Samantha did as she was told, but never took her eyes off the nurse who carried the baby back to the isolette.

“Samantha, have you eaten today?” Samantha looked over at him and shook her head, “Then why don’t we go down to the cafeteria for a bite to eat?” He could see the worried look in her eyes and assured her, “Your baby will be well taken care of, I promise.”

Samantha relented, only because Kline had his hand on her elbow, pulling her toward the door. And she had to admit, she was hungry. As they entered the cafeteria they passed Jerry carting out bottles of water.

“Where are you going with all that water, Jerry?” Samantha asked. She had a unique friendship with Jerry, even though she had stabbed him in the back with the same knife he used to impale her husband with. It was during the Operation Pink Knight mission, that Aidan, Vicky and Jerry went to Syria to rescue Samantha. She was being held captive by a man and his son, who used her as a sex jihad, or sex slave. It was during the standoff that Jerry was hurt, but he has since forgiven her, knowing she was not herself at the time.

Jerry replied, “The city was hit pretty hard by a twister, so a bunch of us are going down there to help the victims.

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