Time is ticking

"Mike, I did retired last year, I would love to say that I'm happy to see you but we will talk later, now we need to save this young lady's life." Dr. Holiday backed away from the young girl's body so they could prepare her for the life lift. "Perry, please tell the police that she will be airlifted to the Grand Central Hospital and to please locate her parents as soon as possible." "Yes, Madam. I will also arrange for an appointment to make our eye witness report with the police, if that's possible." "Thank you, Perry. Quickly, I want to follow her to the hospital, I want to make sure that she makes it. Poor girl, she has many challenges ahead of her, we must pray for a miracle." Dr. Holiday can hear the helicopter getting closer and she rushes to get inside her car. "Madam, I arranged a police escort to the hospital, we will be there shortly." "I don't know why but I must make sure that she is okay, I have a feeling I have seen this young lady somewhere before and I can't remember where and with whom she was at the time."

Perry glanced back at his employer, a woman whom he had personally known for more than many years and was puzzled by how flustered she was. Who is this child...why did the doctor say that she may know her? "Doctor, could she be related to an old acquaintance of yours or maybe she came to the ER one night with her parents and you treated her?" Dr.Holiday impatiently tapped her fingers in the window as she tried to recall where she had seen this unlucky girl.

"Did the police find any identification in her school bag?" "They found her school identification card, her name is Rogue Elizabeth Drake, a high school senior." Dr. Holiday was shocked, her face turned unnaturally pale as she almost screamed, "what did you say???!!!" "No! It can't be her, please God, don't let it be her. Hurry Perry, we must get to the hospital asap." Dr. Mina Holiday closed her eyes and prayed that this child would be safe if not she didn't know what she would do. Tears silently fell out of her eyes as she remembered the bitter past and the devastation that a single cruel decision made in several people's lives.