Eyes Behold

24. Dr. Adler

Rose immediately slammed the brakes and turned her head towards the sound . It was a miracle she didn't have a whiplash by the speed she looked across the street where a truck had collided with a car. The events of that day four years ago began swimming in her mind. It was similar, too similar .

But she didn't waste anytime . Not bothering about her car which stood in the middle of the road now , she just rushed over to the other side . As expected there were more people clicking pictures and shooting videos than those who were really concerned about the people injured .

The car was brutally damaged. There in the smashed car lay a man with a teenage girl , probably his daughter.

" Stop clicking pictures and for once act like a human. Help me drag them out ." Rose hissed at the people.

This seemed to break them out of their trance as some of them scrambled forward to help bring them out of the unrecognisable car. While they were at it , Rose rushed to the nearest shop bursting in .

" Doyou havea first aidkit ?" She mumbled in such a hurry that the poor lady was barely able to catch up with her words. She hurried up seeing her distraught state. Relief filled her  as she practically snatched the kit mumbling a quick thanks and sped out .

By the time she returned , the people had already dragged the duo out. Amelia was looking over at them noting down all the possible injuries .

" The girl has a few scratches on her arms but her head seems to be bleeding profusely. The man is worse . He has definitely a deep injury on his head and a deep gash on his right arm . It's bleeding real bad . " Amelia hurriedly told Rose . She nodded seeing all her observations were correct.

Rose had dressed a few injuries at the hospital and knew the basics. Amelia wasn't familiar yet but the doctor inside her pushed her forward. Seeing the scene , Rose's mind started reeling back to that day but she stopped. It took a lot of strength but she didn't waste time .

Telling Amelia to disinfect the smaller scratches and injuries on the girl , she started tending to the bigger ones. She cleaned them as much as possible and started dressing them . The man seemed worse than the girl, so after dressing his head and the long gash , Rose moved to the girl while Amelia scrambled over to address the small gashes on the man's legs.

Meanwhile the ambulance could be heard approaching the scene. The paramedics immediately set out to work pushing the two girls to the side . Amelia scowled but Rose was too familiar with this. She knew this was necessary.

She moved to enter the ambulance but Tyler stopped her .

" You don't need to go Rose , the experts are here. They'll take care. "

" But I need to ensure if they are fine . I can't leave them like this . They have to live thorough this . Tell me Ty. Tell me they will be fine . Tell m-" she was hyper ventilating now. Her breathing had become ragged as she struggled to breath in.

Panic attack . Just like all those years ago . Just like when she would get up after a nightmare or see a truck speeding towards them or even when she would get into a car for the initial months . It had taken time but she was able to control it.

But today was different. This scene was all too familiar . All the flashbacks of the small amount she remembered about that accident came flooding back to her .

" Shhh Rosey . Shhh. Calm down . They'll be fine . Take in deep breaths . Synchronised heart beats. Heart beats Rosey, heart beats . They are alive baby . They are going to be perfectly fine. Shhh"

Tyler rocked her in his arms as he tried to get her breath with the rhythm of his heart. He was always able to calm her down. But this didn't mean he had become immune to it. His heart still broke into million pieces seeing his baby sister like this.