The Fiance Who Chose Poison

what ca

hed for a secondary emergency. Emily would have a "vision" that it was going to crash. Dr. Peterson

phic brake failure. It would have crashed. Emily woul

this

tch," I announced, my voice cut

e stare

board. "Sarah, that' s a field call. I n

l as well as I do. The call is for a cardiac arrest at a construction site near the plant explosi

down to the ER to help, stepped toward me. He p

The area is unstable. Let the de

ern had felt genuine, loving. Now, it felt like a p

d, pulling my arm away gently. "My skills are needed out ther

xpression unwavering. "I' m the best c

his options. The ER was a storm of activit

. You' re right.

sed Emily' s face before she smoothed it into

eterson

s turne

tly. "It' s... it' s not safe. I see it crashing. A horrible a

ation and a new, creeping flicker of doubt. The memory o

ed the

make life-and-death decisions based on feelings. We make them based on facts a

rd the ambulance bay wit

pitying tone. "I'm just trying to prevent anoth

' t lo

guy named Mike, kept glancing at me. The story of Emi

out this, Sar

ive, Mike

. We found the patient, a man in his fifties, down on the

eline, the paramedic team had struggled with the intubation, c

ing," I said, working quickly. "We

it right there on the dusty ground. We got him stabilized, loaded him into the ambula

y, I saw the rest of the team gathered outside

uma bay, and the team swarmed him.

had

old you she was the best. Eat your heart out, spooky psychic." He shot a

, the tension from be

Emily stammered, trying to regain her co

look of respect in his eyes. "G

. We had faced down a mass casualty event and a sup

ation, I noticed something

to me. He leaned in and said something to her, his voice too

eague reassuring a shaken rooki

ing her. He w

, sank like a stone. The betrayal was sharper

e answered it, his expression shifting f

he phone, hi

ely a whisper. "They were doing a routine check on the reserve ambulan

eep, shudde

f it had gone out on a call, the brakes would have f

at me, the person who had just saved a man' s life, bu

xact moment to go into sudden cardiac arre

later reveal a massive, unpredictable brain aneurysm that had

as d

had come true again. The man was dead, and an

rdled into stunned

look on Emily' s face. It was a