Chapter 6 - Rushing The Starving Child To The Local Hospital
Ryan wrapped the frail little girl in a thick woolen blanket he pulled from the living room sofa cushions.
“We’re going to the hospital right now, Clara, and if you move an inch, I swear to God I’ll never look at you again,” Ryan warned.
He scooped both Lily and her twin sister into his arms, rushing out the front door toward his silver pickup truck in the driveway.
Clara stayed frozen on the kitchen floor, too paralyzed by guilt and fear to follow them out into the evening air.
Ryan tossed the truck keys into the ignition, the engine roaring to life as he backed out of the suburban driveway in reverse.
In the passenger seat, Lily held her sister’s ice-cold hand, whispering comforting nursery rhymes the entire way down the highway.
“You’re safe now... Daddy is taking us to get medicine and pancakes,” Lily promised with innocent, unwavering determination.
The child in the blanket whimpered softly, pressing her head against Ryan’s shoulder as the truck sped toward St. Jude Memorial.
Within fifteen minutes, Ryan slammed on the brakes outside the brightly lit emergency room sliding doors of the county hospital.
“Help! I need a doctor! My daughter has been locked inside a wall!” Ryan screamed, bursting through the automatic hospital doors.
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Nurses and trauma physicians dropped their clipboards instantly, rushing forward with a rolling gurney to take the fragile child away.
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