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\u201cParamedics!\u201d Margaret screamed, her voice breaking. \u201cHelp her!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As they loaded Emily onto the stretcher, her hand went limp in Margaret\u2019s grip. Her eyes rolled back.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s crashing!\u201d one medic yelled. \u201cWe\u2019re losing a pulse! Go, go, go!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The ambulance doors slammed shut, severing the connection. As the siren wailed\u2014a long, mournful sound that felt less like a rescue and more like a funeral dirge\u2014Margaret stood alone in the rain. She looked down at her hands. They were covered in her daughter\u2019s blood and the mud of the roadside.<\/span><\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t get back in her truck to follow the ambulance immediately. She stood there for a full minute, staring into the dark woods, feeling something inside her human soul die, replaced by something ancient, cold, and incredibly dangerous.<\/span><\/p>\n

Part 2: The Death Sentence<\/span><\/h3>\n

The St. Jude\u2019s Hospital waiting room was a purgatory of fluorescent lights and the smell of antiseptic. Margaret paced the floor, her boots leaving muddy prints on the linoleum. She hadn\u2019t washed her hands. She wanted to keep the blood there. She needed to remember.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three hours later, Dr. Evans emerged. He looked exhausted. He was a good man, a doctor Margaret had known for years, and the look in his eyes told her everything she didn\u2019t want to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMargaret,\u201d he said softly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cParamedics!\u201d Margaret screamed, her voice breaking. \u201cHelp her!\u201d As they loaded Emily onto the stretcher, her hand went limp in Margaret\u2019s grip. Her eyes rolled back. \u201cShe\u2019s crashing!\u201d one medic yelled. \u201cWe\u2019re losing a pulse! Go, go, go!\u201d The ambulance doors slammed shut, severing the connection. As the siren wailed\u2014a long, mournful sound that felt…<\/p>\n

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