Vanessa is up for that school board seat.

You don’t wreck their lives over a household accident.”

“Get out of my way.”

I stepped around her shoulder and climbed into the back of the ambulance, sitting on the narrow metal bench next to the gurney.

Dan fastened the safety straps across Emma’s middle while the second paramedic climbed into the driver’s seat up front.

Emma stirred on the gurney, a tiny whimper rising in her throat.

She worked her arm out from under the wool blanket, her fingers opening and closing.