The Bagpiper’s Ghost
“Jennifer knelt down and started shaking him. But though his eyes were open, the pupils had rolled up, and it was as if he stared at her with all-white eyes.
Jennifer glanced around the graveyard, then across the road, hoping to see someone who might help. There was an arrow of light along the horizon, though she knew it couldn’t be more than one in the morning. But just then the church bell rang four times.
“Four?” she whispered. “Four already?” She hadn’t thought the argument between the MacFa...ddens had taken that long. Then she realized that within a bubble of magic, time had no meaning. She looked back down at her brother and shook him, but still he didn’t wake.
Putting her head to his chest, she heard a steady thump-thump-thump and was comforted by it. He didn’t need CPR or anything like that, which she could do if she had to, having learned it in health class. But he was in some sort of a coma or shock. She put her arms around his shoulders and held him as if he were a baby, rocking him back and forth.MoreLess
Jennifer glanced around the graveyard, then across the road, hoping to see someone who might help. There was an arrow of light along the horizon, though she knew it couldn’t be more than one in the morning. But just then the church bell rang four times.
“Four?” she whispered. “Four already?” She hadn’t thought the argument between the MacFa...ddens had taken that long. Then she realized that within a bubble of magic, time had no meaning. She looked back down at her brother and shook him, but still he didn’t wake.
Putting her head to his chest, she heard a steady thump-thump-thump and was comforted by it. He didn’t need CPR or anything like that, which she could do if she had to, having learned it in health class. But he was in some sort of a coma or shock. She put her arms around his shoulders and held him as if he were a baby, rocking him back and forth.MoreLess
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