Chapter 21 – Tell the doctor
John didn't know what to do. Martha was laying on the floor and she was still crying. For some reason she passed out and John didn't know how to help her. He wasn't a doctor but his cousin was. Alec was trained for situations like these and so John apologized to Martha and left her.
In shock he ran to his farm and pulled the door open. Breathless he looked from Harry to Alec who were playing cards. "You are back. Tell us, how did it go?"
"Martha! She... she collapsed" John couldn't get out of the way quickly enough and was pushed by his cousin Alec. The doctor was too fast for John to catch him but with Harry he followed his other cousin. When they arrived Alec kneeled next to Martha and picked her up from the floor to carry her on the couch in the living room.
John and Harry did nothing but watching his cousin helping Martha and were both happy when she opened her eyes again. Harry was first by her side and wanted to say something nice, but Alec pushed him away. "She needs rest. Leave her alone and if you see her friends tell them to come back in an hour but not a minute earlier. Now. GO!"
The cousins quickly nodded and closed the door behind them while Alec took a chair to sit down and sighed. "What are you doing? Why don't you take care of yourself? Do you often have these little accidents? We... I'll take you back to the nearest hospital and make sure they run more tests"
"I'm okay"
"You collapsed. It wasn't an accident. This could be something very serious" The doctor didn't let her leave the couch and neither did he leave her side.