The Shadow In The Hospital

aindrops hit the windshield, then came the downpour. Walker switched on the

his wife, Elizabeth, were finally h

" Elizabeth said, reaching over to stroke his

inned, keeping hi

she murmured, staring out t

," he admitted,

he Eiffel Tower. It's s

ebrow. "Seen it with

! My friend from Romania went on a

eaching over to nudge h

s but couldn't hide her s

, his hand brush

on the road!" she

w I can't

r died. Her

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ropped. He loo

as gone. Only jagge

The car spun, skidding across the slick road.

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len

his leg sharp, but the pain in his

till. Her

gled, shattered the window with his elbow

er face, feeling for breath. She was alive-but

shouted into the empty night, b

h twisting. They had stopped mere fe

the riverbank, filled a bottle, and rushed

Lizzy, wake

weak groan. Hi

d her close, relief

iolently. Blood spe

d. His pulse ro

ed to the car, snatched her purse, found her handkerchief,

harder. It w

His hands shook

nity Hospital-2

thirty minutes. Instead, they were strande

h into his arms. The rain drenched

rms ached. His body screamed fo

thing slowed. Her

, I won't lose you," he whis

itched. "What

-the ones that once sparkle

Not now!" His voice broke,

e had faced worse situations. Bu

sted her up again, ignoring the

clung to him like a second skin. The road

omethin

e in the

shifting.

s breath

her," he mutter

olled against him,

thing," he begged. "Don't y

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