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Mrs Andrews’s gruff voice ht

‘Has anyone got in touch with a ed the lady’s ar

‘You don’t want the on the ED,’ Colin answered quickly ‘Too noisy’

‘You can’t tell one without telling them all,’ his wife hastened to add

When Molly lifted her patient’s arm she felt a tre not quite right going on

‘We’ll sort it,’ Colin growled

Glancing at Hank, Molly saw he’d also got the sense so But what could they do? Their role was to patch people up and send theain, or pass them on to specialists and wards, not to solve fa’

‘Bet you’re not as good at it as Sylvia She used todresses for the nobs’

‘Is that so? Then she can sew you back together when I’ve finished with her’ Molly laughed ‘Can I get you both a cup of tea while I’m at it?’

‘Best offer I’ve had all night’ Colin s in touch with their family was a no-no

As it wasn’t her place to interfere, Molly let it go with a heavy heart Families were so important, and to lose one was beyond co about Paul, that he’d never —herhard at getting back onside, and asa cautious approach ‘Tea along with the needles and thread co up’

‘Molly’ Mike appeared round the corner of the hub ‘Sixteen-year-old girl, overdosed on paracetamol Resus, please Hank, you okay in here?’

‘Sure’

‘Onto the well-equipped rooht up to the bed where Nathan, a junior doctor and another nurse orking with the teen while an a them in on the scant details

‘The mother thinks she sed at least twenty tablets When they found her she was unconscious, but has since woken and been throwing up’

‘Resultant liver daest concern,’ Nathan explained to the other doctor as he listened to theout the obs she’d taken on the ride in ‘If she’s been vo then I don’t think it’s necessary to puive her sos in her digestive system’

Molly began wiping the girl to clean her up Along with the other nurse, they stripped her and dressed her in a gown and got rid of the grubby clothes

‘Nathan, you’re needed next door,’ someone called

‘Noe’re getting busy’ He looked to Molly, a wry s hiselse’

‘Seems like it’ She smiled back Why did he have to be so sexy even when dressed in a boring green unifores of hiainst his naked body, or sitting opposite her having breakfast in the café

When he joined her and Hank in the café for coffee and sandwiches just after eight, she was glad they weren’t alone or shehim at a distance—a very short one—while at work He was near irresistible

‘You survived my lot okay’ Nathan bit into a thick bread roll filled with ’

‘I enjoyed ’

Hank’s eyebrows rose, before he went back to checking his phone for es

‘You obviously like kids,’ Nathan observed

Hadn’t they done this on Saturday? Because of her scar had he guessed there ht be an issue with her infertility? ‘Who doesn’t?’

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‘Not everyone thinks children are the best thing since sliced bread’

‘Certainly everyone in your fa without a limp They used you as a trampoline half the time’

‘I’ to have to tone down the level of bounce’ He atching her like there was no one else in the roo they’d spent tiether

Hank put his phone down and picked up hisafter a round of ball gaot no sympathy from any of us’

Nathan grinned ‘You were pathetic, not joining in to help me out’

‘A group of us were at Nathan’s for a barbecue when some of his family showed up unexpectedly Those kids took over like they owned the place, and we had a lot of laughs watching Uncle Nathan do his impersonation of an active seven-year-old for hours on end’