Chapter 2
At the last minute Maddie had acted on an instinct to save herself, she grabbed onto the hand rail to prevent herself falling, the knife made contact with her skin. She almost lost her footing, it was a quick grab from Linden, around her waist in a last ditch attempt to save her, she then felt a warm body against her. She vaguely heard the clutter as the man fell down the stairs and security running down to him, led by Sam. She felt herself fading away... She was caught by the strong arms.
Linden watched this and after supporting her, lifted her small, light form bridal style and carried her to a spare bed on the ward She lay unresponsive as he looked at her wound, it was bleeding though not dangerously, by some miracle it hadn't punctured her arteries, the shock of it all must have caused her to faint. He knew a nurse could deal with it, but he wanted to do it. He didn't want to leave her alon. He was so scarred. He did obs, put a SATS probe on her, cleaned the wound and put butterfly stitches over it before covering it with a light dressing. He then checked her heart and BP before monitoring her. She started to come to, lightly shaking her head and slowly opening her eyes. He smiled at her
"Hey, you had me worried. Nothing serious, minor scratch to throat and low blood pressure, someone must have skipped breakfast this morning and the shock didn't help" He said with relief evident in his voice
"I did not, it was just a light breakfast, Thanks" She took a moment and just shut her eyes momentarily reliving what she had been through.
"The man, what happened to him?" She asked quietly
"I don't know, truth be told I haven't left you since I carried you in here, your really light by the way" He said as an afterthought.
"I'll take that as a compliment" She said with a grin
"I'll go and check. Jane will be down shortly to see if your fit to work" Linden said
Right on que Jane appeared
"Dr. Culli fill me in" She commanded
"Minor cut to left side of throat, lost consousness for about 15 minutes, BP a little low, SATS average. Recommendation she can go back to work as long as she doesn't strain herself" He said seeing nothing obviously wrong with her.
"Dr Young would you like to continue or go home following Dr. Cullen's recommendation?" Jane asked her.
"I'd like to stay" She said, wanting to be kept busy
"OK remember light work only. Any problems tell Dr. Cullen" Jane said
"Will do" She got down off the bed, grabbed her stethoscope and moved to see her patients. She wasn't shakey, in fact she semed perfectly normal.
Linden watching her all the while. Half an hour later Sam appeared, relieved he saw Maddie, he gave her a hug. The man was in critical condition he reported in ICU with a fractured skull and spine. Relaxing she made her rounds. Something had changed, Linden was always surprised at Maddie even when he lectured her or threw her out of theatre, she had proved faithful clearing his name while he was ocupied elsewhere. He saw how strong she was dealing with the man who had her calmly. Maybe she would be a great doctor one day and maybe something else.
