Thirty – FourRickie Savage didn't mind at all being seen by the Emergency Room doctor. He had all kinds of great things to touch, play with, and talk about. Above all, Rickie wanted to know what each item cost, including the bandages being wrapped around his head.
Outside of the room and down the hall, Erin apologized to Ben, who didn't catch it all because he was apologizing to Erin. Emergency responders, they agreed, could handle any emergencies but their own. They further agreed they needed each other, and that their baby needed them together. It might have been old-fashioned, but there it was. Not only was it time to get together, it was time to tell their families and friends they were a couple.
The one area where their minds didn't meet was on the cause of their city's traumas. Eri
