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'I'm Sian,' she said, and he smiled

'I know'

'How far is it to the hospital?' she asked, and he soothingly told her it was just another five minutes' drive Sian fell silent and neither spoke until he was pulling in to the casualty depart into the hospital or should he get a porter with a wheelchair Sian said she was quite capable of walking, and he sain

'There's no need to feel you're being asked to prove anything! Nobody will think the less of you if you feel too shaky to walk'

'But I don't,' she said, and got out of the car without his help, -room unaided, where she sat while he went off to talk to the nurse on duty at the desk

Sian was taken off to X-ray, and then saw another doctor who questioned her along hts shone in her eyes, was tested for some fifteen ht There see apart from superficial cuts and bruises; the X-ray had shown no trace of dae

She wasn't sure if Dr Brand had gone or whether he aiting for her, but if he wasn't she could always get a taxi Where to, though? Should she go back to Mrs Cassidy's house? She was reluctant to see Cass again; she was still too angry and shocked by his hit-and-run driving Yet if she didn't go back there it ht cause just asfor her if she left the hospital and went back to London

She walked into the casualty waiting-roo Cass get to his feet, a newspaper clenched in one hand

'They let you go?'

'Were you hoping they'd lock et your clever London lawyers on the case?' The biting tone of her voice made him frown

'Piers has gone I'll drive you back,' was all he said, and that rier

'I suppose you think that if you get ation!' she threw at him, and he took hold of her arm and hustled her towards the main door of the hospital so fast that she al to killoff to supper turned to stare at them

Red-faced, Cass snarled, 'Just shut up until we're in the car!'

'Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?' she seethed, trying to wrench her ar me to shut up! I won't I'll shout the truth fro me like this'

He dragged her over to where his car was parked 'Bullying you? Who's bullying you? I just don't want to have this discussion in front of a horde of strangers!'