Gabriel was in the bathroom when Renee had called, so it wasn’t long before he heard it. It did take him about five minutes though because he didn’t notice the message waiting at first.

Once he heard it, he ran. He bolted out the door and down the street. It was about mid-November and here he was, running down the street in a t-shirt and basketball shorts. Once he got there he saw Renee being lifted into an ambulance on a stretcher.

“Renee! Renee!” He shouted.

“She can’t hear you.” Her mother seemed less worried than she should be.

“What happened?”

“She fell. From the the third floor.”

“How?”

“How should I know? I wasn’t up there. She was probably sitting on the window sill and fell off.”

“Don’t you care?”

“Of course I care! I’m her mother!”

“obviously you don’t care enough! You should be climbing in that ambulance!”

“I have to go to school soon.”

“Ugh!” At that, Gabriel jumped in the ambulance. He kept asking if she would be alright until someone answered.

“We’re not sure kid.”