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He jogged back toward the tunnel

I let them load me into the back of the van They could have slowed down My knee was already busted Getting to the hospital wasn’t going to change that

I stared at the ceiling as the ambulance whirled out from under the stadium

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Vanessa

“Where did they take him?” I was frantic, but I had to keep randparents’ friends who now filled the family box

Steve had stopped by to see if I wanted to release a statement about Isaac before we had a hospital report

“He’s going to the beset hospital in Austin,” he replied “He’ll have the best treatment You can count on that”

“Text o”

Grammy’s hand landed on my wrist “Why would you do that?”

I looked at her “I-I need to make sure one of our players is ok He doesn’t have faet there if I had to

She turned back to the ga to me over her shoulder “We’re on the ten Sit down, Vanessa Someone else from the office can check on Price”

I glared at the back of her head

“He’s my player,” I retorted “Steve, can you have a car take me?”

I was too rattled to drive I had seen Isaac’s injury replayed on the juet there