The Midwife's Marriage Proposal (2004)
“‘Are you sure it was a ruptured spleen?’ ‘I’m an A and E consultant,’ Jack said mildly. ‘I think I can recognize the signs of a ruptured spleen. Presumably you can, too, which is why you cannulated the boy on the mountain and got him down here fast. I’m sure he’ll be fine.’ ‘I hope he is,’ Sally said heavily, ‘or poor James is going to have even more to cope with than he does already. And he’s in a pretty sorry state.’ She’d stayed with him in A and E while Jack had checked him over and she’d s...tayed with him when his parents had arrived, full of relief and self-recrimination.
And there was no doubt in Sally’s mind that they loved James very much indeed.
‘Why couldn’t he have run away somewhere flat and boring?’ Jack said. ‘Why did he have to go halfway up a mountain in a howling gale?’ ‘He was upset,’ Sally muttered, ‘and you can hardly blame the kid for that.’ She desperately hoped that Lester pulled through or that would be something else for James to deal with.MoreLess
And there was no doubt in Sally’s mind that they loved James very much indeed.
‘Why couldn’t he have run away somewhere flat and boring?’ Jack said. ‘Why did he have to go halfway up a mountain in a howling gale?’ ‘He was upset,’ Sally muttered, ‘and you can hardly blame the kid for that.’ She desperately hoped that Lester pulled through or that would be something else for James to deal with.MoreLess
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