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Space Between Seconds

Author: Janice Jay
last update Last Updated: 2025-04-07 21:58:29

Elizabeth was preparing to go to the office that morning when she slummed.

Thankfully, her mother, Mrs. Callahan was present.

She quickly made a phone call and requested for an ambulance, and in no time, the ambulance arrived.

The nurses moved swiftly, the hum of overhead fluorescent lights, and the wheeled gurney rushing past in a blur. On it lay Elizabeth, her body weak, trembling, her breathing shallow and erratic. Maggie stood frozen, her heart pounding like a war drum in her chest as she watched the hospital staff work swiftly around her.

Alfred was by Elizabeth’s side, passing instructions to the nurses, his voice tight with urgency. He had tried to remain composed for as long as he could, but this—this was different. Elizabeth’s lips had turned a terrifying shade of blue by the time they arrived, and her eyes, though they were open, they seemed to flutter between consciousness and something far more terrifying.

As the nurses wheeled Elizabeth into the emergency room, the doors
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