Into the Whirlwind
“Charlie slept curled beside her. Ever since Dirk had lifted him out of the fishing boat and carried him to a waiting ambulance, he had been clinging to her like a monkey.
EMTs had treated them both for hypothermia, though the cold lake water had actually helped save their lives by slowing down the drowning process. They’d been given warmed oxygen to help clear their lungs, been checked and rechecked, pronounced on the road to recovery. With any luck, they would be released in the morning. Meg c...ouldn’t wait to get home.
Special circumstances—the kidnapping little Charlie had suffered—had convinced the doctors to allow them to stay together overnight for observation.
Meg tugged down the hospital gown she was wearing instead of her wet clothes. It was evening. She wasn’t alone, hadn’t been since a few minutes after her arrival at the hospital. She felt her mother’s hand against her cheek, looked up, and smiled at the woman with the silver-blond hair and, at fifty-five, a still-lovely face.MoreLess
EMTs had treated them both for hypothermia, though the cold lake water had actually helped save their lives by slowing down the drowning process. They’d been given warmed oxygen to help clear their lungs, been checked and rechecked, pronounced on the road to recovery. With any luck, they would be released in the morning. Meg c...ouldn’t wait to get home.
Special circumstances—the kidnapping little Charlie had suffered—had convinced the doctors to allow them to stay together overnight for observation.
Meg tugged down the hospital gown she was wearing instead of her wet clothes. It was evening. She wasn’t alone, hadn’t been since a few minutes after her arrival at the hospital. She felt her mother’s hand against her cheek, looked up, and smiled at the woman with the silver-blond hair and, at fifty-five, a still-lovely face.MoreLess
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