Front Page Fatality
“In a heartbeat “Bob!” I knocked over the wastebasket and pushed a tape dispenser and a bottle of white-out off the desk dragging Bob’s heft from the chair, which crashed into the wall when I kicked at the casters under it to get it out of the way.
Once he was on his back on the floor, I knelt and popped his cheek with my palm, rapid-fire style.
“Bob!” I shouted, my nose inches from his. My hand left a red mark on his otherwise bloodless skin.
He didn’t move, his breathing still shal...low.
“Help!” I turned my head in the general direction of the door I couldn’t really see from behind the desk.
“HEY!” I bellowed in my best press conference voice. “In Bob’s office. Someone help! We need an ambulance!” Damn. Mid-morning on a Monday was not the best time to find newsroom staff in the office.
“Nichelle?” Shelby’s voice came from near the doorway.MoreLess
Once he was on his back on the floor, I knelt and popped his cheek with my palm, rapid-fire style.
“Bob!” I shouted, my nose inches from his. My hand left a red mark on his otherwise bloodless skin.
He didn’t move, his breathing still shal...low.
“Help!” I turned my head in the general direction of the door I couldn’t really see from behind the desk.
“HEY!” I bellowed in my best press conference voice. “In Bob’s office. Someone help! We need an ambulance!” Damn. Mid-morning on a Monday was not the best time to find newsroom staff in the office.
“Nichelle?” Shelby’s voice came from near the doorway.MoreLess
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