Chapter 25
It was nearly forty minutes before Eli got to the hospital.
They’d had to call another ambulance. Eli was shaking too much to drive, and Jenny—of course, because the universe was f*****g like that, wasn’t it—had gone into labour. Her waters had broken in the car, and it took a policeman and another paramedic to get her out of it and into an ambulance.
“You best go with her, son, you might need a look-over yourself,” one of the cops said kindly.
Eli cast a look back at the abandoned Suzuki—with its headlights still on and music still blaring inappropriately—and shivered.
“The cars…”
“We’ll take them in. They’ll be safe enough. G’wan. Get your girl there seen to.”
“M’sister,” Eli mumbled numbly, but allowed himself to be pulled up into the back of the ambulance with her.
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