for emergency call outs. His Dad really didn't do well with blood and gore and was much more comfortable with putting out fires. His heightened empathic senses easily overloaded with other people's emotions and made him sick.
Xander pulled the truck up as close to the wrecked cab as possible. Nick and Kit pulled up behind them and were the first out as they rushed to get the jaws of life, stretcher and first aid case out the back of the Rescue Vehicle. While they were getting the equipment, Dominic jumped out the cab. As soon as his feet hit the road, his head snapped up as his instincts went nuts--he froze to the spot. His father jumped out after him and all but bowled him over.
"What the hell Dominic? Get moving boy, times-a-wasting."
"It's her, Dad." Dominic breathed out. He couldn't believe it. Her first day on the island and she'd come straight to him! He stood in a trance-like state as he watched her all but dance around the fallen logs, clutching a first aid kit, trying to get to the cab. A thump to his shoulder knocked him back to reality.
"Head out the clouds son, you can see to her later. We got a victim to help and a job to do first." Jake left him to head over to the wreck, throwing back over his shoulder "Remember, she doesn't know you and you can not let her know that you know her. She'll freak out and run, then you'll really have your work cut out for you."
Dominic and his team met up in front of the wreaked cab. Kit and Nick headed off to start cutting the driver from the wreck. He watched as Kit leaned in the broken window to check for a pulse. She gave them the thumbs up to indicate he was still in the land of the living. It would take a few minutes for them to cut the cab apart enough to remove the driver so Dominic moved his focus to his mate. Watching her come closer to them, she was focused on her feet so as to not trip. She looked up as she reached them and stumbled out of shock. Dominic caught her elbow before she went over.
"Easy there, beautiful, we don't need to go adding any more injuries to this accident." He noticed his voice sounded deeper, smoother than it normally did and he'd felt the shiver that ran over her as he'd spoken. She quickly righted herself, turned to him with a slight smile that faulted. Her eyes went wide, as she took him in. She frowned slightly as she focused on his eyes. No doubt she thought they looked familiar. She had been seeing them for the last four years in her sleep. She closed her eyes briefly, took a deep breath before she spoke.
"Thanks for the save. I saw the accident and thought I could help. I've just finished my degree in nursing and para-medicine and have been a volunteer paramedic for the last nine years. So I thought you might like help with the driver, you know, only if you need it. I don't want to tread on anyone's toes." She finished nervously, her voice was so sweet and sent shivers down his spine turning his brain to mush. Thankfully his Dad's brain still functioned and he quickly brought the situation back on track.
"That sounds great, we could sure use a hand in that department. I'm Jake White by the way. The captain of the TFS here in Rosebery. The man who caught you would be my son, Dominic, then there's Xander. The two over at the cab are Nick and Kit--what's your name?"
Dominic watched as she firmly shook his father’s hand.
"Pleased to meet you Jake, my name's Adele."
Adele. Dominic rolled the name around his head, finally after four years he knew her name--it was as beautiful as her.
"Well, Adele. Lets get this job done shall we?" His Dad led the way over to the wreck that Kit and Nick had now finished opening up.
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Five long hours later Adele found herself having a wonderful time, in the local pub having dinner with all the people who either helped the truckie or helped clean up the mess. The owners of the pub had offered them dinner on the house in thanks, which was sweet. Rosebery was a fairly large mining town but it seemed