Embark
ON A HIKING
adventure and explore the beauty of nature’s best…
In the
WOODS.
PART 2 Trent called 911. Mr. Fitz didn’t wait for the ambulance. “Aspirin,” he said to the crowd. “Who has aspirin? Regular strength.”
PART 2 I didn’t have time to think. I did the only thing I knew would work. When Daisy was little, we used to play Red Light, Green Light in the backyard every night. She never broke the rule. Not once. It was her favorite game in the world.
PART 2 I called 911 back. “There’s a 6-year-old girl alone outside the Walmart on Dimond Boulevard. She’s been there six hours. I’m on my way.” The dispatcher said a patrol car was closer. I drove anyway.
PART 2 I grabbed the counter. “Back where?” Yolanda finally let herself smile.
PART 2 I stared at Petty Officer Diaz. “He said I went under at 5:12?” “Yes, ma’am.”
PART 2 I hadn’t heard my daughter’s voice in eleven years. She was older. Her hair was shorter. But she still tilted her head exactly like her mother. Rosie looked from her mom to me.