- David’s first on the scene (again)
- Usha’s going to pick her moment
- Brian bestows a gift to the village
- Alice is “restricted”
- At the hospital
Adam called David to say that a bloke called Jeff had called him (still with me?) to tell him that a truck and van with a low loader had been seen near the Home Farm poly tunnels.
With Brian out on the razzle (well, at dinner) with Jennifer, Adam’s on his tod. David agrees to meet him there to see what’s what, while the Police are on their way.
When David gets there, he can get Adam on his mobile. David eventually spots the van, which drives straight at him at a fair speed.
David tries to call Adam again. Still no answer.
Then he spots Adam. Hard to say where Adam was as David just starting shouting his name, and sounding very (very worried). There was no response from Adam. David makes a call:
[David] “I need an ambulance. Fast!”
When the ambulance arrives:
[David] “He’s my cousin, well, kind of …”
(eh? Dan begat Phil, Christine and Jack. Phil begat David, Kenton, Shula and Elizabeth. Jack begat Tony, Lilian and Jennifer. Paddy the cowman begat Adam by Jennifer)
The ambulance person tells David that while Adam has a nasty head wound, it’s at least stopped bleeding. Though Adam is unconscious.
Usha’s going to pick her moment
After spotting Carl with his wife (?!?) last night, Usha seems to be feeling her way into telling Amy, rather than just coming right out to tell her.
Usha asks Amy what Carl does when she’s on night shift.
[Amy] “Sits at home and pines for me, of course”
Usha’s also interested in why Carl spends most of his weekends with his, *ahem*, nan …
I think Usha’s tackling this the wrong way. Just tell her outright and be done. The messenger is better shot than hung slowly.
Brian bestows a gift to the village
Isn’t that generous of him.
Though his nose was a bit out of joint that not all of the BL Board were beyond themselves with excitement that the Super Dairy was going ahead (Annabelle seemingly had to twist arms to get Brian a vote of thanks), Brian was still in a rather good mood.
He made sure that the Board agreed to give “pass a gift of the field” to the village.
(the strip of land behind the village shop at the river’s edge)
Even as Brian himself put it:
[Brian] “Small and half the board didn’t realise BL owned it”
Alice is “restricted”
To Borchestershire. By Chris. According to Jennifer.
Will that woman ever give up?
At the hospital
David had called Brian and Jennifer, meeting them at the hospital.
[David] “Basically, someone seems to have knocked him on the head”
(and before anyone thinks that Felpersham Infirmary doesn’t treat civil partnerships seriously – they most certainly do. David didn’t call Ian as he didn’t have his number, but the hospital did. And they spoke to Ian about Adam first)
[Nurse] “We’re helping Adam with his breathing … that’s quite routine”
And they were about to give Adam a CT to see how serious the damage is. The nurse mentioned that a neurosurgeon will assess the scan.
Jennifer hears the word surgery. Then thinks brain surgery. Then panics.
Oh dear.
Should we all be panicking?
2 comments:
I was (and still am) outraged that David rang Jennifer, not Ian. 'Not having his number' sounds like a poor excuse, to me! Ian was almost certainly either at work or at home, wasn't he? Good that the hospital put Ian first, though.
Very good point indeed. Never thought David was actually a nice chap anyhoo ...
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