Feelings of Fear
““It’s Jack! I can’t wake him up!”
“Hey, ssh, calm down, will you? What do you mean, you can’t wake him up?”
“He’s just lying there … I shook him and I shook him but nothing happened.”
“Listen, calm down. Is he still breathing?”
“I don’t know. I couldn’t wake him, that’s all.”
“How about a pulse? Is his heart still beating?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t try.”
“Well, go try. I’ll wait while you do it. And for Christ’s sake get a grip on yourself.”
There was a lengthy silence. Next to him, Ethel turned... over and said drowsily, “Who is it? Couldn’t they wait till the morning?”
He reached out and squeezed her hand. “It’s OK. Something came up, that’s all.”
After more than a minute she came back to the phone. “He’s not breathing and I can’t find a pulse. I lifted up his eyelid and his eye was all stary.”
“OK, then. Where are you?”
“The Madison, the Presidential Suite.”
“What security do you have?”
“Two men in the hall outside.MoreLess
“Hey, ssh, calm down, will you? What do you mean, you can’t wake him up?”
“He’s just lying there … I shook him and I shook him but nothing happened.”
“Listen, calm down. Is he still breathing?”
“I don’t know. I couldn’t wake him, that’s all.”
“How about a pulse? Is his heart still beating?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t try.”
“Well, go try. I’ll wait while you do it. And for Christ’s sake get a grip on yourself.”
There was a lengthy silence. Next to him, Ethel turned... over and said drowsily, “Who is it? Couldn’t they wait till the morning?”
He reached out and squeezed her hand. “It’s OK. Something came up, that’s all.”
After more than a minute she came back to the phone. “He’s not breathing and I can’t find a pulse. I lifted up his eyelid and his eye was all stary.”
“OK, then. Where are you?”
“The Madison, the Presidential Suite.”
“What security do you have?”
“Two men in the hall outside.MoreLess
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