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Swan Harbor General
September 3
3:00 p.m.
As soon as they’d arrived at the hospital, Elsa followed Julianna into the Emergency Department. The memories of another time when a baby had arrived after a car crash threatened to overwhelm her, but she refused to give them air.
The problem was she felt she was banging her head against some invisible wall, and she didn’t know how to get around it.
“Julianna’s crying, shouldn’t we take her out of the car seat?” Rod wanted to know as they’d climbed into the ambulance.
“Let me take her out of this car seat,” he offered again as soon as they’d arrived, and the baby was still crying.
“Not yet,” Elsa took a deep breath, “I don’t want her moved yet.”
“But why?” he pushed a little harder. “She’s fine, and Tracey is awake and asking for he
