Page 43 of A Family Affair: The Plan
“I’m so sorry to hear this.” She needed to get to Sam and his mother, offer support and whatever they needed. “I want to go, too. Let me take you.”
“That’s not necessary. Harry’s on his way.” Pause and a quiet “I know you want to help, and the time will come when they might accept the offer, but now is not that time.”
Poor Dr. Harrington…Landed in the emergency room…
Talk about scary…
Talk about not knowing what’s happening.
What did you hear? No one is really talking too much.
I heard the whole story at Lina’s Café yesterday morning over coffee. Dr. Harrington was in his office and when he stood up, he passed out and hit his head on the desk.
Goodness gracious. Did he have a heart attack? A stroke?
They didn’t know at first, but they rushed him to the hospital and started with the tests. You know how that goes.
Oh, but I do… When Harold ended up there, they did all sorts of tests and it turned out it was his gallbladder.
Well, this was not about Dr. H’s gallbladder. It had to do with low blood sugar. He was trying to hold off eating breakfast so he could have a hamburger and French fries for lunch and he passed out. That’s when he hit his head.
I’ll bet Joyce was not happy about that.
Not happy? She was so scared, praying to all of the saints…and then when he confessed what he’d done? Once she knew he was going to be okay, she let him have it. Can’t say I blame her.
And that was it? This all has to do with low blood sugar?
There was some talk about him being anxious and maybe having a panic attack, but I’m not sure if that’s the truth.
Panic attack? Over what? Oh. Let me guess. This has to do with Hope Newland and her bad karma.
It’s just whispers. Nobody will say either way.
What’s Sam saying?
That poor man was beside himself. I heard he told his mother he’d never forgive himself if anything happened to Dr. H, said it was all his fault.
But how could it be Sam’s fault, or do you mean because of her?
Right, and how her partner tried to strong arm Dr. H into selling his place.
Tsk tsk. I also heard Janelle Reynold’s daughter was taking care of Dr. H in the emergency room. She’s a nurse now, did you know that?
Sure did. She’s quite the looker.
Well, apparently, she was looking at Sam, so who knows?
Maybe he’ll open his eyes and pick her instead of that stranger in high heels who’s invaded our town.
Maybe. We’ll see.
At least Dr. H is going to be okay. They said he had a slight concussion and they’re planning to set up a meeting with the dietician so he can learn about proper eating. Can you imagine someone instructing Dr. H about proper eating?
Ha ha. Not really, but maybe it scared him enough to do something about his bad habits. He always thought he was fooling his wife.
Guess he’s the one who got fooled.
Guess so…and speaking of trying to fool everyone, when is that woman leaving our town?
