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Part
76
Roy jerked awake as the tones sounded and the dispatcher voice broke the silence of the night, "Squad 51, child injured, 2450 Brockmore, cross street Thurston time out 01:37". He struggled into his turnout clothes, colliding with Bellingham as they both rushed toward the squad. "Ow! Watch where you' re going, Roy!," Bob complained loudly, rubbing his shoulder. "Geez, could you guys make a little more noise? It's not like anyone's trying to sleep in here" Chet complained, thumping his pillow and rolling over.
Roy sighed, following Bob toward the squad, exhaustion evident in his face. Bob glanced over at him briefly as they sped toward the location, Man, I don't know how he does it.spending every spare minute at the hospital and now having to come back to work.it's only a matter of time before it catches up with him, he thought with a shake of his head before focusing back on watching cross streets for jerks who had a little too much to drink and no regard for emergency vehicles.
Perhaps it was the one second of inattention that might have made the difference was his last coherent thought--as a deafening crash coincided with the dispatcher's voice "Squad 51, cancel".
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