Public Displays

(Chapter Extract)

..Feeling rather proud of my cape-less superhero actions, one of the paramedics questioned me on all that happened while her colleague kneeled by the cyclist. And then. Then I was around the corner on a completely different road. Oh dear. I considered going back to the scene of the accident to offer an explanation for whatever it was I just did, but thought better of it. The paramedics had enough to deal with. I wonder how many times they’ve attended a casualty, thanked someone for acting responsibly, only for the so-called responsible individual to shout or talk nonsense and then shuffle off. I must have confused everyone who was there that morning, particularly the cyclist who perhaps questioned whether he did indeed bang his head..