By the time the cab pulled beneath the bright red letters of the emergency entrance, Maya was barely conscious.
The driver jumped out before I could ask for help. He opened the rear door, took one look at Maya’s gray face and the bundle tucked against my chest, then shouted toward the hospital doors.
“Somebody get a wheelchair!”
A nurse came running with an orderly behind her. The next few minutes dissolved into fragments—questions, fluorescent light, the squeak of rubber wheels, Liam’s thin cry, Maya’s fingers slipping from mine.
