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The call caery just as Dare led hisroom

Carly looked up and gave theeon was just here and Benson survived the operation’

‘Oh, thank heavens’ Rachel held her hand over her heart

‘He’s in a medically induced coot the tuht he should survive the operation’

Rachel frowned ‘A medically induced coma? I’ve never understood that’

‘It happens with most critically ill patients who need artificial ventilation to breathe,’ Carly explained ‘It doesn’tdire,’ she assured her ‘So don’t worry overly much But he will be hooked up to a number of machines, so don’t panic when you first see him’

‘Benson’s a hard nut,’ Dare said gruffly ‘He’ll pull through’

‘I hope so’ Rachel buried her face against her son’s chest Carly turned away Now she could add a caring Dare to his list of attributes, which didn’t make her any more comfortable than before

In fact, she should probably leave mother and son to it as soon as she’d checked in on Benson It wasn’t as if she had to hang around for any personal reasons, was it?

‘Rachel Jaeon stopped in the doorway ‘I can take you to see your father now’

‘Really, I can see him?’

The surgeon nodded, directing Dare’s mother down the hallway

Silence filled the s area once they had left and Dare was acutely aware of Carly on the other side of the room

‘Thank you for everything you did today,’ he said gruffly

‘It’s what I was paid to do I just wish I’d checked hiht have been able to prevent his collapse’

‘If anyone is to blame, it’s me,’ he said tersely