Rome's Sacrifice (2)

By the time I had made it to the front door, I was confident that we had gotten away safely.

“Miss!” I heard someone call out behind me. My entire body tensed up. I thought about running, but if I did, that could be worse and draw more attention than just facing the one behind me. “Miss, wait one second!”

I turned slowly, seeing a young doctor taking long, purposeful strides in my direction, a determined look on his face. He had a phone in his hands, his hand over the receiver. Did he already call Cameron? The packhouse? Was I too late?

“Miss!” I braced myself as the doctor closed the distance between us…..

And then he walked right past me. I turned with him to see him jogging now towards a young girl about to head out the door.

“Miss, I have your mother on the line. She would like for you to stay and have the scan done after all, just to be safe. She’s on her way to…..”

My heart was hammering in my chest, the tension leaving me as I realized it wasn’t me he was calling for after all.