NATHAN DIDN’T KNOW what he was expecting when the curtain of the treatment area he was in was thrown back, he knew it wasn’t to see Louisa, however. Her arrival was unexpected enough that it distracted him from the nurse who was cleaning and dressing his wounds, which were nastier than would have seemed possible given their source.
“What are you doing here?” he asked once he was over the initial surprise.
“I was worried about you,” Louisa told him, as though that should have been obvious. “When I heard you were in hospital I came straight over to make sure you’re alright. After the last time we were here, you can imagine the kind of thoughts that were going through my mind. It didn’t help that they wouldn’t tell me anything about where you were, or why you’re here, until I told them I’m
