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Carey was crying on her way to the hospital. "Mom," Zack said after a long silence. "If you don't stop crying you won't be able to see the road."
"I'm sorry Zack. It's just that, I feel like it is all my fault that Cody is in the hospital. I should have went out to look for him when he didn't come home right away. What if he got hit by a car?"
"Mom, it's not your fault. Even if you did go look for Cody as soon as you realized that he wasn't home, the chances that you would actually find him is close to nothing. We live in Boston. I would have to say that it is pretty big, and when there is people walking all over..." Zack trailed off. He looked at his mother. Her eyes were glazed over. She probably hadn't heard a word he had said. Zack decided he would just give his mom a little peace and quiet since she probably wouldn't get much at the hospital. He didn't want to admit it, but he knew that if there was nothing seriously wrong with Cody that the hospital would have told his mom over the phone. They only tell really bad stuff in person.
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"I talked to Carey Martin. It turns out that she does have a boy with blonde hair that never came home after school." Linda said to Mark and Sarah. Then she walked away.
"That's great! Now we can finally go on our date!" exclaimed Mark.
"Well Mark, don't you want to meet Carey? I think I should tell her what I saw. She needs to know."
"Did you tell the secretary?"
"Yes"
"Well then, she can tell her."
"Why are you being so insensitive?"
"Becasue I had the whole day planned out for us!"
"Mark! There is a boy with a gunshot wound who might be dying! You can't tell me you aren't worried about what happened to him."
"But I don't care about him. I don't even know him."
Sarah was almost in tears. She had never realized how insensitive Mark was. How could he not care about someone that might be dying. She had to make a decision. "Mark." Sarah paused. "I don't think we should go out anymore."
"What?"
"I said I don't want to go out anymore."
"I heard you but why? Because I don't care about people i don't know? Because I don't want to spend the rest of my day in a hospital? Because I wanted to have a whole day just to be with you?"
Now Sarah was in tears. "Look, just leave. I can't deal with this right now. The only thing I want to think about is if the boy will be okay."
Mark took one final glance back at Sarah before walking out the door. I can't believe this. I try to be nice and I get dumped. Good going Mark. Good going.
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Carey and Zack pulled into the hospital driveway. The moment they had all been dreading was finally here. They stepped out of the vehicle and made their way through the big hospital doors. Carey couldn't wait any longer. She ran up to the front desk. Then she told the secretary that she was Carey Martin and she needed to know what happened to her son.
"Okay. I don't know how to say this, but..."
Carey interupted. "Did Cody get hit by a car?"
"Well not exactly. He..."
"Was he getting a ride home from school and they got in a car accident?"
"Carey! Settle down. There is no easy way to say this, but your son has been shot."
"Oh my God! Oh my God! How could this happen? Where is he? Is he going to be okay? Is he alive? How could this happen? I thought schools were supposed to be safe."
"Well, Cody is in surgery right now. Everything is looking okay, but he has lost a lot of blood, and we don't know if we have any of his blood type. His blood is rather rare."
"Well, Cody has a brother named Zack. Maybe they have the same blood type. Zack! Come here."
Zack slowly walked over to where his mom was talking. "What mom?"
"I need to ask you a question. Cody has lost a lot of blood. Would you be willing to get some blood tests to see if you have the same blood type?"
Zack looked at his mom. "Mom. Of course I will. I would do anything to keep Cody alive, but what happened to Cody? Why did he lose so much blood?"
Carey knelt down next to Zack. "Cody was shot."
Zack had began to cry in Carey's arms when Linda, the secretary, walked up to them. "Carey. The girl who saved your son is here. She can tell you what she saw happen to Cody." Linda walked away, and a young women walked up to Carey and Zack.
"Hi. My name is Sarah. I was the one who found your son."
To be continued...