Ships and Stings and Wedding Rings

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pregnancy tears.
    He cleared his own throat, dropped a kiss in my hair, and put his arm around me.
    I rested my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. Suddenly, things didn’t seem so bad. Dr Bairstow would frown at me but I’d survive that. Elspeth Grey and Ian Guthrie would work something out. With luck, Helen would never know it was me who had inadvertently poisoned Markham.
    And it was Christmas. It was snowing. St Mary’s smelled of good food. All my historians were home safe and sound, and I was here with Leon.
    Sometimes – every now and then – there are moments of stillness. When nothing moves. When there is a sudden realisation of absolute happiness. A small, still moment to be remembered and cherished.
    I burrowed deeper into his arms, enjoying his solid warmth. ‘So, apart from all that, how was your day?’
    â€˜Well, someone hooked up the security monitors to every set of fairy lights in the northern hemisphere and rigged the whole lot to blow the main fuse and set off the fire alarms …’
    I tutted at such misbehaviour.
    â€˜Someone else shoved half a ton of wet linen into a locker in my pod and it stinks to high heaven.’
    I chirped sympathetically.
    â€˜My pod is filthy and reeks of people who haven’t showered for a very long time.’
    I indicated my astonishment.
    â€˜And some bugger’s pinched my last can of WD40, but other than that …’

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone at St Mary’s

Jodi Taylor

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Published by Accent Press Ltd 2015
    ISBN 9781786151605
    Copyright © Jodi Taylor 2015
    The right of Jodi Taylor to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
    The story contained within this book is a work of fiction. Names and characters are the product of the author’s imagination and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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