I took out my phone and dialed for help — for the police, and for the paramedics my wife had needed for longer than I let myself imagine.

Chapter 14 — Show Them

Two officers and two paramedics arrived within ten minutes.

Aurora was still hyperventilating in the corner.

The lead paramedic asked her, gently, to roll up her sleeves so he could check her for shock and injury.

She hesitated, her eyes going to my mother.