| THE CURE....pg 2 |
PANDEMONIUM BREAKS OUT EVERYWHERE CHEERS ERUPT FROM THE PARKING LOT THEY'VE DISCOVERED WHAT THEY NEEDED A DONOR...NOW THEY'LL CREATE A SHOT!!" THE ANTIDOTE CAN BE GENERATED THE VIRUS WILL BE DESTROYED!! THIS TERRIBLE PLAGUE CAN BE WIPED OUT THE CROWD IS OVERJOYED!! YOU'RE STANDING THERE TRYING TO FOCUS WHEN YOUR WIFE REACHES TO GRAB YOUR ARM LOOKING DOWN YOU SEE SHE'S POINTING TO THE NUMBER ON THE FORM... NEXT TO THE NAME OF YOUR LITTLE BOY RIGHT THERE IN BRIGHT RED INK IS THE LARGE ITALIC FORTY-FOUR AND FOR A MINUTE YOU CAN'T THINK!! THEN YOU'RE FIGHTING THROUGH THE CROWD KNOWING YOU MUST GET BACK INSIDE ALL AT ONCE THEY PART TO LET YOU THROUGH AN AISLE FORMS CLEAR AND WIDE "IT MUST BE THEM" "THEY HAVE THE NUMBER!" "NOW WE'LL ALL SURVIVE!!" YOU HOLD YOUR SON CLOSE TO YOUR HEART FEELING PROUD TO BE ALIVE!! INSIDE THE CLINIC ONCE AGAIN THE STAFF WHEELS YOUR SON AWAY TO BE TESTED YET ANOTHER TIME YOU HEAR THE DOCTOR SAY... YOU AND YOUR WIFE SIT HOLDING HANDS UNSURE HOW YOU SHOULD ACT.. AS THE NURSES TALK AMONG THEMSELVES SNEAKING GLANCES BEHIND YOUR BACK... THEN THE DOUBLE DOORS SWING OPEN THE TEAM OF DOCTORS ARE ALL SMILES "IT'S A MATCH....HIS BLOOD IS PERFECT' WOULD YOU LIKE TO SIT WITH HIM A WHILE?" YOU SHAKE YOUR HEAD...SAYING "NO IT'S FINE PLEASE FINISH....WE MUST GET HOME!" IT'S ALMOST BEDTIME AND WE PROMISED HE COULD HAVE AN ICE CREAM CONE!" THE DOCTORS GLANCE AT ONE ANOTHER AND YOU FEEL SUDDNELY VERY COLD... "WE'RE SORRY...YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WE THOUGHT YOU HAD BEEN TOLD...." Continued ...>> |
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