Chapter 8

• JERIAH
• I broke every speed limit getting to that hospital. I don't remember most of the drive. I remember my hands on the wheel, my knuckles had turned white, and my own voice saying "no, no, no" over and over like a chant that could undo what I already knew was true.
• I got there just as they were wheeling her out of the ward and she was covered in a white sheet. With a gurney moving too slowly and too fast at the same time.