Built To Last (Sweet Contemporary Romance)
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“Good boy, Max.” His sweet dog had an empathetic streak in him.
“Does anyone have a first aid kit?” Robert asked of the people nearby as he pressed the white cloth onto Ben’s hand.
Ben’s face paled as he saw blood seep through the napkin. Not just pale, white as a sheet. Robert didn’t want to alarm the man, but he was about thirty seconds from hitting the ground. Robert rested his hand on Ben’s back. “All right, Ben. I’m going to have you tip your head down between your knees. Don’t worry about this cut. I’ve got it.
Robert continued the pressure on Ben’s palm as the man lowered his head and sucked in a few deep breaths.
“That’s great. You’re doing great.”
Robert kept pressure on the wound as Ben’s complexion finally pinked up. A couple minutes later, Ben raised his head and Robert gestured to the glass of iced tea that had appeared on the table. “Take a couple of sips of tea. Another minute of pressure should stop the bleeding and then I’ll patch you up.”
In Robert’s experience, if he explained what he was doing, it put his patients at ease. Half the concerns people had with doctors was really a fear of the unknown. It was important to remove that unknown as much as possible.
If he had followed his own advice, maybe he wouldn’t have found himself stuck in this small town right now.
A first aid kit appeared on the table and Robert checked the wound again. The bleeding had finally slowed. Robert closed Ben’s fingers over the cloth and then dug into the first aid kit. If the small kit didn’t have what he needed, he could grab his medical bag from the car, but he was pleased to find the proper supplies.
Robert cleaned the area with an alcohol wipe and Ben winced. “Ow. That stings.”
“Sorry about that. The worst is over.”
Ben nodded, rubbing his hand down Max’s coat. He wasn’t an official therapy dog, but he had keyed in on people’s stress more than once. Robert was thankful for his mutt right now, keeping Ben calm while Robert tended to the man’s injuries.
He grabbed two butterfly bandages and quickly secured them on Ben’s palm and then paused to make sure the bleeding had indeed stopped. All he needed was to mess up on his first day in town. After he had checked the wound one last time, he pressed a large gauze square to Ben’s palm and began wrapping his hand with medical tape.
“Thanks, Doc. I appreciate it. I wouldn’t have had time to wait at the clinic to get this looked at.”
Robert cleaned up the few supplies he used and tucked the remaining ones back into the first aid kit. “I was happy to—”
“What do you think you’re doing?”... ... ... ... ...
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Living in beautiful northern Virginia, Allie dreams of small-town living where the everyone knows everyone else (including their business) and neighbors wave when you pass. Since she doesn’t live in one, she creates them for everyone else to enjoy through her books.
She’s a mom to two college students and one middle schooler who has spent more hours at the baseball field and the dance studio than she cares to admit. With her husband, her primary goal is to finish raising her three kids into productive adults!
Allie writes clean and wholesome small-town contemporary romance with strong heroines but none of the intimacy on the page. Allie’s books are perfect for romance lovers of all ages. Her books tug at your emotional heartstrings and leave you with a warm feeling that lingers long after the last page. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, Washington Romance Writers, and Virginia Romance Writers.
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Built to Last
By: Allie Kincaid
Published by Allie Kincaid
© 2018
Cover by WordSugar Designs
This novel is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual events or locals or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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