The Surgeon's Fatherhood Surprise

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Author: Jennifer Taylor
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fared rather better—it was still upright but the driver looked dazed as he staggered down from the cab.
    ‘There was nothing I could do,’ he said when Alison hurried over to him. ‘I tried to stop but it all happened so fast…’
    He swayed and she grabbed hold of his arm and led him to the grass verge. ‘Sit down there,’ she instructed, crouching in front of him. ‘Did you hurt yourself?’
    ‘I think I must have hit my head,’ he said vaguely, touching the side of his head.
    Alison gently explored the area, sucking in her breath when she felt a definite depression in the skull above his right ear. ‘You’ve had quite a bump,’ she said, trying to hide her alarm. An injury like this could cause untold problems if it wasn’t attended to promptly.
    ‘Aye. It feels like it, too,’ the man replied gruffly. Hesuddenly started to shiver, as reaction set in, so she took off her coat and wrapped it around him.
    ‘I’m going to have a look at the people in the car,’ she explained. ‘Just stay there until I come back.’
    He nodded, and she frowned when she realised that he was definitely less responsive than he had been initially. She propped him against the wall, desperately wishing there was something more she could do for him. However, it would need more than first aid to sort out his injuries.
    She ran over to the car and knelt down so she could peer through the rear window. The driver was dangling upside down from his seat belt. He was cursing loudly and didn’t appear to be badly injured, from what she could see. She left him there and went to check on the passenger, a teenage girl who hadn’t fared nearly as well. She obviously hadn’t been wearing a seat belt because she had gone straight through the windscreen when the car had over turned. Alison found her lying in the road and could barely conceal her horror when she saw the injuries to the girl’s face. She was conscious, though, and responded when Alison asked her name.
    ‘Becca.’ She raised a trembling hand to her face but Alison stopped her.
    ‘No, you mustn’t touch your face, my love. We need to make sure that it stays as clean as possible.’
    ‘It hurts,’ Becca whimpered.
    ‘I know it does, but the ambulance will be here soon and the doctors will sort it all out at the hospital for you,’ she explained, mentally crossing her fingers. From what she could see, the damage was so extensive that it would need major surgery to put everything back together, although she had no intention of telling the poor girl that.
    She stood up and smiled at her. ‘I’m going to fetch some dressings from my car. We need to keep the germs out of those cuts.’
    ‘Are you a doctor?’ Becca whispered.
    ‘No, I’m a nurse,’ Alison explained. She patted Becca’s arm. ‘I’ll only be a moment—stay there and don’t worry.’
    She left Becca sitting on the ground and checked on the driver again. He had managed to unfasten his seat belt and had crawled out through the rear window. He was holding his head in his hands when Alison reached him.
    ‘How are you?’ she asked, crouching down.
    ‘How do you think?’ He rubbed his hands over his face and groaned. ‘I’m going to have a king-sized headache in the morning!’
    Alison frowned. She couldn’t be sure, but she thought she could smell alcohol on his breath. ‘Have you been drinking?’
    ‘Why? What’s it got to do with you?’ he shot back, glaring at her.
    She stood up, having neither the time nor the patience to argue with him. ‘Not a lot, but I’m sure the police will be interested if you have.’
    He swore loudly, but she ignored him as she went to check on the tractor driver again. He was unconscious now, so she placed him in the recovery position, frowning when she heard how noisy his breathing was. His face was very flushed as well, and when she checked his pulse, it was heavy and bounding but extremely slow. He was exhibiting all the signs of compression, in fact, so Alison
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