drama in 3 parts - part 3
The alarm was still blaring.
The paramedics had arrived quickly and had our downstairs neighbour all wired up to a heart monitor.
He was still alive.
When the paramedics insisted on cutting off his jeans to look for damage he was conscious enough to protest.
I was utterly relieved that he was capable of speech.
The paramedics took him to hospital on a stretcher.
We watched the ambulance drive away.
As the ambulance disappeared out of sight, a very, very tall man, wearing thick rubber soled boots and overalls emerged from the darkness.
Someone had had the sense to phone the electricity board.
The extremely tall engineer put on a pair of industrial rubber gloves and a pair of safety goggles.
Effortlessly, apparently extending beyond his already remarkable height, he reached up to the remaining alarm and with a confident grip, dismantled it.
My ears stopped ringing several days later.
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2 comments:
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha oh dear xxxx
Hi, the trilogy is one of your best bits of writing so far. It builds so well with very spare use of words.
I've now added a link from my blog to yours. As you have said nice things about mine in the past any chance you could reciprocate??
Thanks and Regards & happy New Year!!
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