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Hence all the wet clothes lying in piles around the depart undressed than wet and cold

Ta up her face ‘Remind me not to have more than one child, will you?’ She tossed hi up a book that had been dropped by one young patient

Of course his gaze rested on her backside as she’d bent to retrieve the book Of course No proble at this stage really Not when he regularly felt light-headed and excited

‘How are the boys who had allergic reactions?’ the teacher asked

‘One lad’s doing well, but we’ve had to put the other on oxygen and morphine He also reacted to the painkiller His parents are with him, if you want to see them’

The wo questions I saw them when they arrived’

‘We need to startsome of these children out of here, preferably on their way holanced around the depart to be seen and none of these youngsters require our attention any longer’

‘Have you signed any of them out?’ Tamara asked

‘Starting now’

The teacher sighed ‘I’ll get the parents together to explain that their children are ready to go’

‘That’ll be a bag of laughs’ Ta up her charges and their families

‘We didn’t need to see most of the children,’ ConorI’ve enjoyed the last hour’

‘You’re a natural with kids Our weeyou as his dad,’ sheto picking up wet clothes

Down, chest, down But, hey, any coaze followed her and his heart clenched as the kids laughed at so she said

I for the hits over the past week, and, damn it, he wanted more than he should

‘Doctor’ A parent stood in front of him

‘What can I do for you?’

‘Tell ain about this EpiPen my son will always have to carry It sees before with no side effects’

Conor nodded ‘One sting, even two or three at a time, don’t always cause problems, but your lad had more than fifty today Those would’ve filled his system with toxin, which will eventually disappear, but his body now recognises the toxin and even a s bells and start a response you don’t want to take a chance on’

‘Better to be safe than sorry?’ The man nodded

‘If it wasit’

I’ve got a son A son in utero, but he’s real I’ to be a dad

And it felt wonderful As long as he didn’t think about hearts and stoppages Funny, but those had been far from his mind the last couple of days

The phone buzzed at his elbow ‘Call for Dr Maguire’ It was the director of eency services at Sydney Hospital

‘Hold on and I’ll transfer this to my office’ Conor punched some buttons and raced for his room

‘Hi, there, Conor Hope I’ serious’ The director’s voice boomed over the airwaves

‘Perfect tis in Sydney?’ What was this call about? He’d ements to fly over for the interview on Friday

‘We’re having a minor heatwave The job? That’s yours The other contender has pulled out for family reasons’

‘I’et serious about their plans for the future ‘Thank you I’m thrilled’

‘So are we We’d like it if you still coh your contract and get to eyeball you before you start officially’