Cowboy First Aid
By Deirdre O’Dare
Tracey turned a page, willing away the distracting sounds of the rodeo. Mayhem might be in progress just across the fence in front of the ambulance’s bumper, but so what? She’d always had the ability to lose herself in a book. It had made the less-than-happy parts of childhood bearable. Since then, reading had filled many hours of waiting once she became an EMT.
A sudden change in the pitch of the crowd’s noise jerked her attention out of the latest Tony Hillerman mystery. Much as she longed to see what trouble Jim Chee would get into next, she’d probably have a job to do here real soon.
“Oh, s**t. Oh, sheee-iiit!”
Her partner’s exclamation had her hastily marking her place before she looked up to see what was wrong. What she saw looked pretty scary.
