Trapped in the Heat
"Mom, help! Dad locked me in the car!"
It was 2:00 pm in the blazing heat of a summer afternoon, and my heart stopped when I heard my daughter's panicked voice.
I immediately began searching for my daughter, but my husband sounded impatient when he answered my call. "Holly's in a bad mood. I'm taking her to the amusement park. Why are you overreacting? She'll be fine." He sounded annoyed and hung up immediately after he was done speaking.
The dial tone buzzed in my ear, but all I could think was that he'd better pray nothing happened to her.