. " where the hell is the - got it ! got it ! go , go ! "
the trunk flew open . both cops disappeared from my view .
one yelled ." medic ! now ! oh jesus . now ! "
a second paramedic appeared in the open doorway of the ambulance , he said ," the other rig's gone . we're itr .is he stable ?"
he was asking about me .
the woman who had started my IV looked at him , then back at me . i could tell she was as baffled as i was. the male paramedic didn't get agitated . in a calm voice he said ," kathy7y ? we have a critical . is he stable ?"
"i'm stable ," i said . i slid onto the jump seat sam had vacated "take the stretcher ."
kathy got with the plan . together the two paramedics yanked the stretcher from the rig , piled equipment onto the sheets , and sprinted toward the half dozen law enforcement people clustered behind the camry .
i unhooked the saline bag from above me and climed down from the back of the ambulance , suspending the bag above my head with my left hand . the asphalt felt soft bebeathy my feet , as though it were padded . the heat radiating up from the black macadam was ,literally , breathtaking .
i styarted to jog toward the camry .
sam had backed away from the car to give the local cops and the paramedics room to work . he saw me approaching . he held up a hand to keep me from edging any closer .
"there 's another woman ," he said ," in the trunk ."
i blinked , and woman ? my mind settled on jaana . my heart sank .
"alive ?" i said .
he swallowed ."maybe , not very ."
i heartd the distant thwop - thwop -thwop of the evavuation chopper .
this time the helicopter was getting closer , coming back.
"eeeeeaaaaaaa."
the trunk flew open . both cops disappeared from my view .
one yelled ." medic ! now ! oh jesus . now ! "
a second paramedic appeared in the open doorway of the ambulance , he said ," the other rig's gone . we're itr .is he stable ?"
he was asking about me .
the woman who had started my IV looked at him , then back at me . i could tell she was as baffled as i was. the male paramedic didn't get agitated . in a calm voice he said ," kathy7y ? we have a critical . is he stable ?"
"i'm stable ," i said . i slid onto the jump seat sam had vacated "take the stretcher ."
kathy got with the plan . together the two paramedics yanked the stretcher from the rig , piled equipment onto the sheets , and sprinted toward the half dozen law enforcement people clustered behind the camry .
i unhooked the saline bag from above me and climed down from the back of the ambulance , suspending the bag above my head with my left hand . the asphalt felt soft bebeathy my feet , as though it were padded . the heat radiating up from the black macadam was ,literally , breathtaking .
i styarted to jog toward the camry .
sam had backed away from the car to give the local cops and the paramedics room to work . he saw me approaching . he held up a hand to keep me from edging any closer .
"there 's another woman ," he said ," in the trunk ."
i blinked , and woman ? my mind settled on jaana . my heart sank .
"alive ?" i said .
he swallowed ."maybe , not very ."
i heartd the distant thwop - thwop -thwop of the evavuation chopper .
this time the helicopter was getting closer , coming back.
"eeeeeaaaaaaa."
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