what ca
hed for a secondary emergency. Emily would have a "vision" that it was going to crash. Dr. Peterson
phic brake failure. It would have crashed. Emily woul
this
tch," I announced, my voice cut
e stare
board. "Sarah, that' s a field call. I n
l as well as I do. The call is for a cardiac arrest at a construction site near the plant explosi
down to the ER to help, stepped toward me. He p
The area is unstable. Let the de
ern had felt genuine, loving. Now, it felt like a p
d, pulling my arm away gently. "My skills are needed out ther
xpression unwavering. "I' m the best c
his options. The ER was a storm of activit
. You' re right.
sed Emily' s face before she smoothed it into
eterson
s turne
tly. "It' s... it' s not safe. I see it crashing. A horrible aation and a new, creeping flicker of doubt. The memory o
ed the
make life-and-death decisions based on feelings. We make them based on facts a
rd the ambulance bay wit
pitying tone. "I'm just trying to prevent anoth
' t lo
guy named Mike, kept glancing at me. The story of Emi
out this, Sar
ive, Mike
. We found the patient, a man in his fifties, down on the
eline, the paramedic team had struggled with the intubation, c
ing," I said, working quickly. "We
it right there on the dusty ground. We got him stabilized, loaded him into the ambula
y, I saw the rest of the team gathered outside
uma bay, and the team swarmed him.
had
old you she was the best. Eat your heart out, spooky psychic." He shot a
, the tension from be
Emily stammered, trying to regain her co
look of respect in his eyes. "G
. We had faced down a mass casualty event and a sup
ation, I noticed something
to me. He leaned in and said something to her, his voice too
eague reassuring a shaken rooki
ing her. He w
, sank like a stone. The betrayal was sharper
e answered it, his expression shifting f
he phone, hi
ely a whisper. "They were doing a routine check on the reserve ambulan
eep, shudde
f it had gone out on a call, the brakes would have f
at me, the person who had just saved a man' s life, bu
xact moment to go into sudden cardiac arre
later reveal a massive, unpredictable brain aneurysm that had
as d
had come true again. The man was dead, and an
rdled into stunned
look on Emily' s face. It was a