The ambulance arrived promptly. Joe moved aside allowing the nurse to examine Carol. The nurse was about 4ft 9. She gently wrapped her hand around Carol's bare wriste. She held it there for about 5 seconds. This panicked Joe, what if there was no pulse?
"there's a faint pulse" The nurse turned to Chris. Joe breathed a sigh of relief.
"nothing is working!" Chris looked helpless.
"can't you move her?" Joe butted in
"no, we can't yet" Chris told
"I don't think she's going to make it" The nurse said
"no I can't give up" Chris tried to save the girl. The nurse nodded her head. Don pulled Joe aside. Joe struggled but it was no use, Don had more upper body strength than he imagined. He was weak. Trying to catch his breathe, the schottish copper was pulled aside.
"Joe, calm down" Don tried to calm him.
The siren was loud. It flashed red, which made Joe squint and Don had to shield his eyes. Miller peered at his watch.
"it's half past 5" he announced. 4 hours, it seemed more like 4 days.
"boys! You go into the woods and look for evidence"
"yeah sir" Don answered
"you up to it boy?" Miller asked Joe.
"ur yes sarg" Joe gave a haf hearted smile
"you all right?" Don asked
"um, yeah" Joe cleared his throat