Once Upon A Christmas Night.... Annie Claydon

already reaching for his jacket and grinned towards Jess. ‘Are you coming?’

      ‘If that’s all right?’ She shot a querying look at Ted.

      ‘I never turn down a helping hand.’ Ted turned to Rosa. ‘Sorry, darling.’

      ‘Go.’ Rosa was clearly used to this kind of thing. ‘Just come back again.’

      Ted chuckled. If Rosa’s return smile was anything to go by, they’d worked this one out a long time ago.

      It was beginning to get dark, shadows reaching across the lanes in front of them, as if to smother what was left of the day. Ted joined the motorway and hit the siren, speeding towards the site of the accident.

      ‘There, look.’ Greg indicated a slew of stationary headlights up ahead.

      ‘I see it.’ Ted guided the SUV into a space and got out. Jess could see flashing blue lights approaching from the other direction, and hoped that it was an ambulance.