Follow a Stranger
“She clung to her seat, eyes shut, aware of Marc’s anger through every nerve in her body.
When they pulled up outside the villa Sam and Pallas, who had been sitting on the verandah, rose nervously and came down to meet them.
Marc ignored them both, helping Kate out of the jeep with impersonal firmness. She shot a glance up at him and found his face under a tight control again, but the grey eyes met hers with the glacial expression she always found so terrifying.
“Oh, your poor hands!” exclaimed ...Pallas, catching sight of them. “What have you done to yourself?”
Marc propelled Kate towards the building, his hand clamped on her elbow, taking no notice of his sister. He pushed her upstairs and into the large, luxurious bathroom.
“Sit down,” he ordered, and left her alone for a moment, returning with a large bottle of iodine and some plasters. He ran warm water into the bowl, immersed her hands with the gentleness of a trained nurse, carefully washed and dried them, then anointed the grazes with iodine, while he put a plaster over the deeper cut.MoreLess
When they pulled up outside the villa Sam and Pallas, who had been sitting on the verandah, rose nervously and came down to meet them.
Marc ignored them both, helping Kate out of the jeep with impersonal firmness. She shot a glance up at him and found his face under a tight control again, but the grey eyes met hers with the glacial expression she always found so terrifying.
“Oh, your poor hands!” exclaimed ...Pallas, catching sight of them. “What have you done to yourself?”
Marc propelled Kate towards the building, his hand clamped on her elbow, taking no notice of his sister. He pushed her upstairs and into the large, luxurious bathroom.
“Sit down,” he ordered, and left her alone for a moment, returning with a large bottle of iodine and some plasters. He ran warm water into the bowl, immersed her hands with the gentleness of a trained nurse, carefully washed and dried them, then anointed the grazes with iodine, while he put a plaster over the deeper cut.MoreLess
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