Lucas sat on the edge of his seat staring at the hospital bed where Sarah lay unconscious. Except for a brief moment when the EMTs gave her IV fluids she hadn’t stirred. He watched her carefully recalling the doctor’s warning that they had to closely monitor her breathing. When they first arrived at the small private hospital there had been some discussion over the need to ventilate her.
The nurses had immediately drawn blood and he had been asked to leave the room so they could do a physical check given the state she had been found in. The very thought James might have succeeded had him seeing red all over again. He paced the hall until he was allowed back into the exam room. Sarah lay now still in her gown but covered with a light blanket.
“Mister Stanton?”
Lucas jerked to attention
