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He’d already felt the head himself There was a tiny here Levi’s head had hit the one in an hour or so There was no real swelling and no broken skin

“He’s got a bu Levi away from the other people “Feel it!”

Levi’s lower lip started to tremble as he looked up at his father Jem knew he had to defuse the situation immediately

“He’s fine, Tress”

“I don’t even hurt, Mo Jem’s tone

“He could be concussed,” Tressa hissed “Oh, God Onthis on me I just know it”

The day was going nowhere fast

“I’ll watch him like a hawk,” Jeh to even raise a decent bruise But even if he was, they’d just have us keep him awake for the next few hours, to watch his behavior”

“We have to take hi co to losehappens with e, Jem That’s what he said But I can’t risk Levi’s life because I’ in trouble That’s what I already did You heard it, Jem, you know”

The storht in it Never again He’d made a promise to his son, to himself

And though she didn’t know it, to Lacey, too

“I know of an Urgent Care in Santa Barbara,” Je them back to collect their blanket “They’ll take one look at him, tell you he’s fine, and we can be done with this,” he said, co up with the plan as he went

It didn’t dissipate the sick feeling in his gut

“An Urgent Care?”

“In Santa Barbara They’ll see two overconcerned parents and one very unhurt little boy They won’t have anything to report Probably won’t even put our name in the system But if they do, it won’t be connected to the hospital here”