Excerpt

Chapter Four
Weary after her busy day, Tyne lay in bed, her new Bible propped
open on her knees. Although her eyes were on the page in front of
her, she was not reading. Too many images chased each other through
her weary mind, and she could not exorcise them. One moment she
saw Jeannette Aubert clutching her rosary; the next moment Adeline
Koffer’s family intertwined with the image of old Mrs. Forsyth fighting
for every breath beneath the oxygen mask that covered her nose
and mouth.
And, interposed between those pictures, the handsome face of
Cameron Tournquist flashed unbidden and unwelcome. She had
spoken to him for only a minute before leaving the ward at the end
of her shift. Why should his face be almost constantly before her
now?
She recognized that her turbulent thoughts did not come only
from Cameron or the patients on her ward. Her roommate, Carol
Ann, was also having an unsettling effect on Tyne. She had seen
again the distress in Curly’s eyes when the three girls met in their
room shortly after three o’clock. When Maureen began to tease the
curly-haired girl about her attachment to the operating room, Carol
Ann answered her sharply and stormed out, slamming the door behind
her.
Maureen’s obvious hurt prompted Tyne to say gently, “Leave her
alone, Moe. There’s something bothering her.”
“Sorry.” Moe had looked repentant. “But I always thought she
loved being kidded about the OR. I’ve never known her to react like
that.”

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