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I walked out to the ambulance bay with Amanda, but I couldn´t stop thinking about Carter. I felt my sleeved being tugged and that brought me back to the real world.
"Mommy, why were you mad at that man?" asked Mandy, trying to understand my reaction back there in the lounge.
"It´s complicated, kiddo" I smiled at her.
I hated when grownups told me that it was complicated so they wouldn´t have to explain that to me. I didn´t know why I had done the same thing with my daughter, but I wasn´t ready to tell her the whole truth about Carter and my overly complex relationship with him.
"Did you have fun with Susan?" I asked her abruptly changing the subject. Mandy just nodded and continued staring at the snow falling down from the sky "What did you talk about?"
Mandy shrugged and bent down to touch the snow. Suddenly, her expression changed and a huge grin appeared on her face "Oh, mommy, Susan said that I could go play with Lauren today, can I? Please please please?"
"I don´t know, sweetie ... I have to work and ..." I looked at her and I saw those angel eyes I couldn´t resist "Alright, I´ll talk to Susan later to arrange something ok?"
Mandy nodded and hugged me "Thanks, mommy, you are the best!" she then ran away and began playing in the snow.
I was tempted to light a cigarette while I was watching her, but I was still trying to quit. I think I had been trying to quit smoking since I was 14. I chuckled at the thought of that, but I was interrupted by a voice behind me.
"Abby? Is that you?" spoke a British accent.
I turned around and saw Elizabeth. I smiled and nodded "I´m back"
We were interrupted by an ambulance pulling in "Mandy, come here, there´s a car coming" I said and took my daughter´s hand. The ambulance doors opened and the paramedic spoke. On that moment, I knew I had been sucked into the ER vortex again.
"I have to get to work now, Mandy, why don´t you go to that room we were in and wait for me there?" I said smiling at her.
"No, I can take care of her. I´m on a break now" spoke a male voice next to me. I recognized the voice, but I had to turn my head to look at him. I didn´t know what to do.
Mandy also turned to look at him and she smiled "Hi, you have my last name too"
Carter chuckled and kneeled down "How about we have a snowball fight while mommy´s with this patient?" he was asking Mandy, but he looked at me asking for my approval.
I nodded "Be a good girl, sweetie" I said and I watched them walk away holding hands.
In that moment, I felt mixed emotions. I was jealous, because someone else was taking a little place in my daughter´s heart, but I was very happy that person was her daddy. I wasn´t sure how I was going to explain everything to Mandy, but I knew now it was going to be easier. She was about to get caught into Carter´s web of charm and there was no way out of it.
I smiled and walked inside pushing the gurney "BP´s 120/70 ..."
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I walked out to the ambulance bay with Amanda, but I couldn´t stop thinking about Carter. I felt my sleeved being tugged and that brought me back to the real world.
"Mommy, why were you mad at that man?" asked Mandy, trying to understand my reaction back there in the lounge.
"It´s complicated, kiddo" I smiled at her.
I hated when grownups told me that it was complicated so they wouldn´t have to explain that to me. I didn´t know why I had done the same thing with my daughter, but I wasn´t ready to tell her the whole truth about Carter and my overly complex relationship with him.
"Did you have fun with Susan?" I asked her abruptly changing the subject. Mandy just nodded and continued staring at the snow falling down from the sky "What did you talk about?"
Mandy shrugged and bent down to touch the snow. Suddenly, her expression changed and a huge grin appeared on her face "Oh, mommy, Susan said that I could go play with Lauren today, can I? Please please please?"
"I don´t know, sweetie ... I have to work and ..." I looked at her and I saw those angel eyes I couldn´t resist "Alright, I´ll talk to Susan later to arrange something ok?"
Mandy nodded and hugged me "Thanks, mommy, you are the best!" she then ran away and began playing in the snow.
I was tempted to light a cigarette while I was watching her, but I was still trying to quit. I think I had been trying to quit smoking since I was 14. I chuckled at the thought of that, but I was interrupted by a voice behind me.
"Abby? Is that you?" spoke a British accent.
I turned around and saw Elizabeth. I smiled and nodded "I´m back"
We were interrupted by an ambulance pulling in "Mandy, come here, there´s a car coming" I said and took my daughter´s hand. The ambulance doors opened and the paramedic spoke. On that moment, I knew I had been sucked into the ER vortex again.
"I have to get to work now, Mandy, why don´t you go to that room we were in and wait for me there?" I said smiling at her.
"No, I can take care of her. I´m on a break now" spoke a male voice next to me. I recognized the voice, but I had to turn my head to look at him. I didn´t know what to do.
Mandy also turned to look at him and she smiled "Hi, you have my last name too"
Carter chuckled and kneeled down "How about we have a snowball fight while mommy´s with this patient?" he was asking Mandy, but he looked at me asking for my approval.
I nodded "Be a good girl, sweetie" I said and I watched them walk away holding hands.
In that moment, I felt mixed emotions. I was jealous, because someone else was taking a little place in my daughter´s heart, but I was very happy that person was her daddy. I wasn´t sure how I was going to explain everything to Mandy, but I knew now it was going to be easier. She was about to get caught into Carter´s web of charm and there was no way out of it.
I smiled and walked inside pushing the gurney "BP´s 120/70 ..."
