Chapter Nineteen
Doris tossed the wrench into the metal toolbox with a clank then pulled a rag from her pocket and wiped her hands. It felt good to be back at Heritage Hall after a week away. When she returned from transporting patients from Hatfield House, she found orders assigning her to another hospital for a week. One of their mechanics had fallen ill with appendicitis and a second had been killed in a bombing raid. Some days the war was too close for comfort.
She rotated her neck to ease the stiffness from being bent over the engine compartment of the ambulance. Nice to get the tune-up finished before the end of her shift which meant no one would have to take over. The other girls had done a great job of covering for her while she was gone, and they hadn’t complained about the long
