CHAPTER 48
“Baby? Baby? Can you hear me? It’s Mama.”
Jade knelt beside her daughter, her fingers shaking while she tried to dial 911 on Aisha’s cell phone. She waved her hand and snapped her fingers in front of her daughter’s face while she waited for the call to go through.
“Baby, look at me. It’s over now. We’re going to be okay.”
Ben was the first to arrive on the scene. The ambulance crew was only a minute behind.
“Is she dead?” Jade asked as Ben leaned over Sapphire’s body.
“No.”
A clash of emotions raced through Jade’s body. Relief. Disappointment. Confusion.
Ben walked over to Dez. “Can you hear me, sweetheart? Are you hurt at all?”
“She’s been like that since I got here,” Jade explained, holding her daughter tight.
“Probably the shock. But we should take her to the clinic
