REBECCA
It was like all hell had broken loose.
The woman who’d just been run over laid unconscious on the ground, the smell of her blood quickly filling up the air: the driver was running out of the car, Reiner was speeding towards them, the kids were screaming, people were scrambling out of the diner with their phones already out …
“ENOUGH!” I yelled. “You, call the ambulance and get me a first aid kit, stat” I told the diner’s manager. “Everyone, inside, now!”
Then, I crouched down to hug the kids, who were reasonably shocked. “It’s all right” I promised them. “The lady is gonna be fine. I’ll put you guys back in the car, now, okay? I’ll go help dad, then we’ll get some food and go home”.
Thankfully, they were much more compliant than the crowd, who had still not walked back insi
