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Using one ar the boy into the back and called over his shoulder, “John, see to the o” He returned his dark glasses to their place on his nose She missed the clear blue coolness of his eyes What a shaed to such an insufferable man
The Jeep cranked on the first turn of the key Maggie floored the gas and the vehicle shot forward She steered a circle around the plane and back toward the compound “Where, Neetie?” The hipped the words away
“In front of Arthur’s”
Dr Are of the windshield, one foot propped on the raised edge, a hand on his bag as if he wasn’t co country After he realized the conditions he’d have to practice medicine in, she wouldn’t be surprised if twenty-four hours fro for his pressed-white-lab-coat world again
She slid the Jeep to a stop in front of the hospital When Dr Arainst the dash to stop his forward ie’s mouth lif
ted slightly at the corners
“Why’re we—?”
“Supplies” She gathered up a handful of her skirt’sout of the Jeep This was one of those times when the clothes she was required to ere a nuisance
Minutes later, Maggie returned with a large black bag she kept prepared for this type of situation
Dr Ar ju for the bag He placed it beside Neetie
Before she put the Jeep in gear he’d returned to his seat
Maggie said nothing to her passengers as she drove Instead she concentrated on weaving her way through streets lined with clay-brick, one-story buildings and filled with people and anilanced at the man beside her The doctoraround him
Reaching the accident, she could see that a truck had hit a cart Peoplethe cart He lay off to the side, clutching his chest, while a child of about nine had her legs pinned beneath the cart A wo beside the truck
Maggie’s stomach clenched She hated to see a child hurt most of all No matter how far she ran, she still couldn’t outrun hernature when a child was in trouble
The Jeep had al’s feet touched the ground Slinging his pack over his shoulder, he lifted the other bag from the back “You check the child I’ll take the old man Looks like a heart attack”