The woman got up, and came back a few moments later. You'll see I've got bars on all my windows, and I have a personal response alarm.' She tapped a small red button round her neck. Not a week goes by without you hearing there's been a robbery or a break-in. You could leave your door open we had a real community. When I first moved here in 1957 we all knew each other. 'Try again dear, take very tiny sips,' she said, holding the tissue under Erika's chin.
She coughed and choked and the old lady rushed forward with a tissue. Erika took it gratefully, and gingerly sipped. The old lady came back in with a small glass of water. Erika nodded as they clipped up their first aid box and left. 'We'll be downstairs waiting we'll need to get that arm sewn up,' said the female paramedic, who had applied a pressure bandage to the cut. I'm going to talk to the team who are inside your flat,' said Moss, leaving. 'Do you have any other injuries? Apart from the arm,' she added, turning back.
'Just a little plain water,' said the female paramedic. 'How about a nice cold drink? I've got some blackcurrant cordial in the fridge,' suggested the old lady, who stood by in a long dressing gown, a neat row of blue curlers under her hairnet. I don't see any evidence of laryngeal fracture, or upper airway edema.' 'That's good, yes?' asked Moss, who had appeared in the doorway. 'Okay, that's good, now can you keep your mouth open and make a sighing noise. The paramedic shone the torch into her throat. 'Can you open wide for me? It's going to hurt, but wide as you can manage, please.' Erika swallowed painfully and opened her mouth. 'You've burst a small blood vessel in your left eye,' confirmed the paramedic, shining a pen torch into her eyes. In the corner of her left eye, a spot of red bloomed. Her throat and neck were swollen with angry red weals the whites of her eyes were pink and streaming. Erika caught sight of herself in a gilt mirror above the mantelpiece, which was tilted at an angle to show the whole living room. 'I don't think hot tea is a good idea,' said the male paramedic. 'Oh dear, would you like a cup of tea?' the woman asked, as a male and female paramedic examined Erika. Two budgies hopped and pecked in a cage high up on the wall. Two paramedics came through and bandaged her arm as she sat on the little sofa in the old lady's front room.
Erika wore a set of white overalls everything in her flat was now part of a crime scene. The elderly lady next door had been reluctant to open her front door to Moss, but when she'd seen the police, ambulance and forensics surging up and down the stairs, her attitude had softened and she'd let them in. Then a team of CSIs arrived and took swabs from her fingernails and neck, and then they said they'd need to take all her clothes. 48 Moss moved fast, calling for backup, and within minutes Erika's flat was teeming with police.
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