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‘Crisis averted,’ Callu out a pent-up breath

Hailey nodded It had seeh, in reality, only two ency But their job wasn’t over yet and she wasn’t going to break out the chane until it was ‘Let’s secure it,’ she said

Despite not being able to make any noise due to the position of the trachy, Henry was still bawling, great silent sobs, taking full advantage of being able to fill his lungs with air

‘It’s OK, baby,’ Haileythem around the back of his neck It was a finicky job at the best of tirieved Henry and her badly treers

Henry’s crying was exacerbated by frequent coughing bouts and by the time the tapes were tied and Hailey had suctioned hiive it a second thought She scooped the little boy up into her arhtly to her

‘Shh, baby, shh,’ she crooned, rocking hi as she allowed herself to think about the potential consequences had she not responded to Joyce’s comment

Callu it gently, alsowords to the fractious child Hailey didn’t object, too pleased to have had Callu the incident to reject his company now

She could hear Yvonne talking to Roseilance so and she pressed her forehead against his, shutting her eyes

‘You OK?’

Hailey looked up into Calluh ‘I am now’

Callu a different side to Hailey She was holding Henry tightly re him of a mother lion with one of her cubs Like the way she’d drawn Toht earlier—she was a natural She’d known instinctively that Henry had needed coht Not like a bratty, unwelcome kid, but like an equal

‘Thank you You were great’

‘Really?’ She griers and thumbs’

He nodded, still stroking Henry’s back ‘You were very cool under pressure’

She did laugh this time ‘Didn’t feel very cool inside’