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“And not at all because you get to play with the snowht

The A up the street Rainne shook her head as she watched hio It was hard to believe Mitch spent s

She pushed through the door to the converted Victorian house that was now the town’s only , swearing Rainne raised her eyebrows at the nurse, and doctor’s wife, as behind the desk

“What’s going on?” Rainne said

Janice rolled her eyes “It’s a guy called Reynard Megan shot him in the backside and he’s not happy The police were in to question him They want to move him to Fort William now that the road’s open but we need to wait for an arinned “He can’t sit in the standard police van The seats are too hard and would hurt his sore bum We wouldn’t want the et unco for his ride, I’ood care of him”

“He’s getting a lot of sympathetic treatment, then?” Rainne said

“Oh, aye” Janice nodded solemnly

Rainne grinned at the woman’s faux innocence “Where can I find Alastair?”

“Roorumpy as well Men Whether it’s a broken limb or a paper cut, it’s all the sa with labour pains they ony is”

With a laugh, Rainne headed to Alastair’s roo backwards fro slowly It didn’t help She pushed open the door to find hi in bed, eyes on the wall-mounted TV, remote in hand He didn’t look happy

“Hey, how you doing?” Rainne said as she entered the room

She stood a couple of feet from the bed, unsure of her welcome

“Rainbow, alad to see you Get me out of here” He started to sit up, but aand the door banged open

“Stay in bed,” barked the doctor

“I feel fine I want to go home With Rainne”