Chapter 9 - Transporting The Hidden Child To Chicago Memorial Hospital
Paramedics carefully wrapped Maya in a thermal foil blanket, lifting her fragile, emaciated body out of the ruined wall cavity. She weighed barely forty pounds, her eyes wide and luminous in a face hollowed out by years of malnourishment.
"She's severely dehydrated and suffering from acute vitamin deficiencies and muscle atrophy," paramedic Miller announced over the radio. The stretcher was wheeled rapidly out the front door toward the idling ambulance parked in the driveway.
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Mark scooped Leo up into his arms, following the medical team out into the cold night air without looking back at Sarah. Police officers placed steel handcuffs around Sarah's wrists, leading her toward the rear of a patrol cruiser.
The neighborhood porch lights flickered on as neighbors peeked through their blinds at the unfolding suburban tragedy.
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