Winter's End (2010)
““Mr. DeHollander?”
Her tone brought him across the drive at a run, the new delivery forgotten. “What’s wrong?”
“Your dad’s breathing’s gone funny. This could be it.”
Marc’s heart squeezed. Here? Now? In the middle of the day, with no one about? Jess was in school, Kayla was…somewhere else.
He hurried to the bedroom as he barked quick commands. “Call the school, ask them to get Jess, then call Miss Doherty and ask if she can get over here.”
“But—”
“Now.”
Kayla cued into the aide’s anxiety righ...t off. “Is the family there, Ardith?”
“The son is. The daughter’s in school.”
Kayla glanced at the clock. “Tell the school I’ll pick up Jess. We’ll be there in half an hour, give or take.”
“I don’t know that he’s got that long,” the woman warned.
Kayla blew out a breath. “Then it’s in God’s hands, isn’t it?”
“Dad?” Marc knelt next to the bed. “It’s me, Dad. How’re you doing?”
His father’s chest groaned on each light exhale.MoreLess
Her tone brought him across the drive at a run, the new delivery forgotten. “What’s wrong?”
“Your dad’s breathing’s gone funny. This could be it.”
Marc’s heart squeezed. Here? Now? In the middle of the day, with no one about? Jess was in school, Kayla was…somewhere else.
He hurried to the bedroom as he barked quick commands. “Call the school, ask them to get Jess, then call Miss Doherty and ask if she can get over here.”
“But—”
“Now.”
Kayla cued into the aide’s anxiety righ...t off. “Is the family there, Ardith?”
“The son is. The daughter’s in school.”
Kayla glanced at the clock. “Tell the school I’ll pick up Jess. We’ll be there in half an hour, give or take.”
“I don’t know that he’s got that long,” the woman warned.
Kayla blew out a breath. “Then it’s in God’s hands, isn’t it?”
“Dad?” Marc knelt next to the bed. “It’s me, Dad. How’re you doing?”
His father’s chest groaned on each light exhale.MoreLess
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