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Meg
The cavalry came running to help Harper. My entire body shook as I struggled to breathe, watching the paramedics work on my tiny child. She looked so helpless and lifeless. Losing her wasn’t an option. She had to be okay.
Once she was secured on a stretcher, the EMTs jogged her to a waiting ambulance. I ran right by her side, holding her limp, fragile hand within mine.
Out of the corner of my eye, I glimpsed Alex clutching Hannah to his chest. Although I was glad to see that they had found my niece, I didn’t have any energy to spare to acknowledge it. My entire focus was where it needed to be––on my little girl.
The ambulance already had a couple of children with minor injuries and worried-looking parents sitting along the edges of the back of the vehicle. I scrambled to climb i
