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Josh could make no sense of the frantic message from his mother, but he did make out the word “emergency room.” Had something gone wrong out on the water? Maybe one of his parents had pushed the other overboard? He called a cab and got himself across town to the urgent care clinic in record time.
Inside the clinic, he found his parents sitting together in the lobby, but no sign of Suzanne. For the first time, it occurred to him that she might be the one in trouble. He swung forward on his crutches. “Mom, Pop. What’s going on?”
“Josh!” His mother jumped to her feet and came hurrying toward him. “Suzanne’s going to be so glad you came.”
“Of course I came. What happened? Is she okay?”
“She will be, now that you’re here. At a time like this, a girl needs support.”
A time like what? Jo
