The Rescuer by Dee Henderson

Author:Dee Henderson
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781414359625
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Meghan picked up the clinic mail as she passed through the reception area. Blackie nearly tripped her as they wedged through the doorway into her back office. “Easy, boy.”

She would have to get him in to see a vet. She was afraid his bruised back leg was still causing him problems. He’d stopped her from falling into a ditch Wednesday, and as a thank-you she managed to fall on him. Blackie curled up on his big pillow, and she knelt beside him to tug out several biscuits from the box in the cabinet. “How are you doing?” He licked her hand in answer. She laughed and gave him a back rub.

She squeezed between the corner of the desk and file cabinet to reach her chair. They would have to move the clinic to a larger facility soon. Meghan placed the first letter on the scanner and the software read the return address aloud. She filed it with bills to be paid that month. Dad was making rounds today, and it was her chance to get caught up on the office paperwork.

The door chimes rang.

“Meghan?” JoAnne sounded out of breath.

“In the office.”

“Your dad needs you at Coffer’s jewelry store. It looks as if Neil is having a heart attack. Bill said to make sure it’s been called in and to bring the blue and red cases.”

Meghan reached for the radio behind her and requested the county EMS to send the ambulance. “The cases are in the cabinet by the door in the receptionist area.” Meghan snapped her fingers for Blackie and swiftly slipped on his harness. She joined JoAnne and pulled on her jacket. “Who found him?”

“The FED-EX driver brought packages and saw Neil in the front of the shop on the floor.”

That didn’t help much to narrow down the time of onset. Neil would have had nitroglycerin tablets with him. If he’d been able to take them, maybe the attack had been arrested in time. “Was he conscious?”

“Yes.”

Meghan took JoAnne’s arm and they hurried down Main Street to the store. “Let us through,” JoAnne urged. Meghan heard several voices she recognized among the gathering crowd.

“Thanks, Meg.” Her dad opened the cases. She knelt at Neil’s left side as her dad worked and listened as he attached the heart monitor and started an IV to give the first round of drugs. Neil’s hand felt clammy, and the sound of his breathing told her he was in a lot of pain.

“Meg, come along…”

She rubbed the back of Neil’s hand. “You know I will.”

“The workbench…” He tried to say something but his voice tapered off.

“Save your breath, Neil,” her dad cautioned. “You’re going to come through this okay. Meghan, lift his head and let’s slip on oxygen.”

Meghan gently raised Neil’s head. If he came through this, he’d probably need to be on oxygen full time. Just another tug-of-war she’d have with him when he started to feel better. She adjusted the mask for him. “JoAnne will make sure everything’s locked up here, and the deputy will watch the place while you’re gone.

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