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We both turned toward Eli as he approached in his dark blue scrubs and white coat He handed a cup of what s from the other one he held

“I would never spy—”

“Oh please, you hate surprises I bet she will be down here every other day, trying to get a peek at what you're doing”

“Your lack of faith in ht co—”

“You’ll just feel her eyes burning a hole in the back of your head—ouch” He stopped when she grabbed his arm

“I’o before I harain, Gwen”

“I still don’t think we need a mural!” he called as her heels clicked down the hospital hallway

“You think of your patients, I’ll worry about the hospital” She waved, but didn’t turn back as she drank her beverage

He shook his head “She didn’t even say thank you for the tea”

“Do mothers really ever have to say thank you?” Mybirth to me

“Do a decent—” He stopped when his beeper went off Grabbing it, his eyes widened, then he took off running It wasn’t just hied, one by one, and each ran off in the same direction as Eli

It was hard not to panic at a sight like that Part of me wanted to leave, but another part ofmy feet, sloalked down the dark blue line they had run along, grippingas I went

At the end of the blue line I saw “ER” written above the entrance Staying toward the corner, I watched as men, women, and small children were rolled in by paramedics

“How auze ran past me as if I wasn’t even there

“They don’t know,” the other nurse replied “Apparently the truck’s tire went down in a sinkhole and caused a ripple effect on the highway, but it wasn’t the only one A su to avoid—”