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Gloria immediately went into action, smoothly picking up the receiver of her slim lined desk phone and dialing a number. Any activity seemed impossible to Ro. Sitting stupidly in her chair, her face was frozen in shock. All she could do was ask short, stilted questions.
"Is Cooper okay?"
"He is fine, apparently it was someone on the boat with him," Alicia answered, her gaze moving swiftly to Ro then back to Gloria.
An invisible hand gripped Ro's heart. If Cooper was all right, then who was injured?
Outside, the cabbie who had taken them to the dress shop sped up to the curb and parked in front of them. The old gentleman hurried out of the driver's seat and ushered Ro and Gloria into the back of the cab.
"Where's the hospital?" Ro asked dumbly. Her tongue was almost numb. She gripp
