The Farmer Next Door & Lancaster Country Target by Patricia Davids
Author:Patricia Davids
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781488024870
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-15T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER TWO
Streams of blinding white light seeped under Abigailâs heavy eyelids. Beeps and buzzes echoed in her ears. Everything around her whirled in a blurred circle. Fatigue. Nausea. Pain. Everywhere pain. Especially her head.
âUgh.â She lifted a sore arm only to touch a nice hard knot on the front of her head. Ouch. What in the world? Where am I?
She glanced around the small space. Heart monitor. Oxygen supply. Blood-pressure gauge. Blue hospital curtain wrapped around the small bed she lay in. Iâm in the Emergency Room!
âHello.â A tall, sandy-haired man peered around the curtain at her, then stepped inside. He wore a white lab coat over a pressed blue oxford. His stethoscope and Fairview ID badge hung loosely around his opened collar.
âHow are you feeling, Abigail?â
âIâm feeling a little confused.â She looked down at her limp body in the hospital bed. âI donât remember how I got hereâ¦. I donât know you, Doctor, do I?â
âNope. Iâm new. Jamison. Blake Jamison.â
âNice to meet you, Dr. Jamison.â Her mouth was dry and it hurt to try to sit up.
âCall me Blake. Please.â He smiled. âAnd take it easy. Youâve had a pretty rough day. Donât worry if you arenât remembering everything just yet. You will.â
Her head was foggy and thick, but she tried to focus. An IV drip fed into her left hand. The doctorâBlakeâsat on a stool to her right. She was suddenly very aware of the fact that he was a handsome man, with a nice build and a kind face.
âSo, why am I here?â
âI was sort of hoping you could tell me that. Maybe once your head clears up.â He took her wrist in his hand. He studied her face as he counted her pulse. A strange and awkward sensation passed over Abby as his fingertips pressed her skin. She was unaccustomed to the touch of a man and especially that of a fancy Englischer.
âI didnât know Fairview was getting a new E.R. doctor. When did you start?â
âWell⦠Iâm just here temporarily. Iâm filling in for Dr. Finley.â
âOh, right. I remember now reading something about him teaching a course in one of the hospital newsletters. I didnât realize he would be away from the hospital for that. Do you often fill in for doctors on leave?â
âThis is my first time. I have a private practice in New York. Iâm just here for a change of scenery. Eight weeks. Then Iâll go back.â He released her arm. His lips pursed, as if he was thinking about something far away. âSeventy-two. Much better. You had me pretty scared there. Never a dull moment at this place.â
He used his stethoscope and listened to her breathing and her heart. Then he whipped the instrument out from his ears and again rested it like an adornment around his neck. The light scent of musky cologne wafted over her.
âDid you say never a dull moment?â She tilted her head and glanced at him sideways. âI am still at Fairview Hospital, right?â
He chuckled and started to respond when an electronic device at his waist began to vibrate.
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