is through
the roof from the stress. I’m bringing her to your hospital now for a check–up. Get rid of them. I don’t want her to see them and get upset.”
I finally snapped. “Cole Sterling, are you insane?” I shrieked. “Your daughter is dying! If you won’t save her, fine, but why are you stopping anyone
else from helping? What if she dies right here?”
His reply was a cold, dead laugh. “Then let her die. I don’t want daughters like you anyway.”
He hung up.
I heard someone in the crowd gasp. What kind of father says that?
Helen’s face was a stony mask. She walked toward me. “Olivia, you heard him. Stop upsetting your father and your aunt. They’ve been through
enough.”
Just as she finished speaking, a woman in the crowd screamed.
“Oh my God! So much blood!”
Helen and I whipped our heads around.
The white blanket covering my sister was now soaked in a deep, dark crimson. Blood was dripping from the gurney, flowing down its metal legs. A
pool of it was forming on the linoleum floor.
Chapter 2
The sight was so shocking it short–circuited my brain. For a few seconds, there was only a white–hot roaring in my ears.
Then I scrambled forward, throwing myself at the gurney. “Kerry? Kerry, can you hear me? You can’t die!” I wheeled on Helen, my voice a raw
scream. “What are you standing there for? Get a doctor! Save my sister!”
The young nurses beside Helen finally broke out of their stupor and turned to run, but she grabbed their arms, stopping them.
