A Sudden Response

A Sudden Response

Author: R.L. Mathewson Listening Length: 6h 52m
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Eric and Joe, the EMT crew of Echo 17, have been best friends since they were eight years old when Eric had taken it upon himself to improve the ugly dress that Joe was wearing with a handful of worms, only to have Joe force him to- Well, it wasn’t important what Joe made him do with that handful of worms or the vow t...

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CHAPTER 15

H e couldn’t remember the last time he’d been this fucking relieved that a shift was over. When dispatch dismissed him after holding him over for five hours, he’d damn near kissed the ground in thanks.

Wincing when the muscles in his right shoulder protested in agony, Eric grabbed the two bags of takeout out of his truck and shut the door. Thanks to Greg, he’d fucked up his shoulder when the little bastard lied about being able to lift a hundred and fifty pounds.

Then again, it was possible that he’d been telling the truth and the patient simply startled him when he’d started seizing on their stretcher. If it hadn’t been for Brian, the paramedic who filled in for Joe, the stretcher would have tipped over, but thankfully, he’d jumped in and grabbed the stretcher and righted it just in the nick of time. It hadn’t saved his shoulder, though. It hurt like hell, but nothing some ice and a bottle of Advil wouldn’t fix.