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He slid her legs out first.Her arms tightened around his neck, but she slowly got to her feet.She swayed."I'm fine.Car's not in great shape."She scrunched her nose."I think you should cancel the ambulance and call a cab."
Jason laughed at her bravado."You calling the shots now?"
The truck driver came forward, tears streaming down his face."You scared the bejesus out of me."He pulled a folded handkerchief from his pocket and mopped his eyes."Afraid both of you were goners."He doffed his cap."Name’s Phil Murdock."
"Jason, and this is Stephanie," he answered, looping an arm around Steph’s shoulders, holding her tight.She shivered and snuggled in, her breathing shallow.
He heard the wail of sirens, and she lifted her head to meet his gaze.Pure trust shone in her emerald eyes, and if that was the last thing he ever saw, it'd be enough."We'll ride together in the ambulance," he told Phil in a husky voice he barely recognized."The car's a write-off."
"Anybody hurt down there?"a medic shouted, peering over the side of the road.
"No.Just shaken," he yelled back.Could be another miracle here in Harmony.
"Shaken but not stirred," Stephanie said before she collapsed in his arms.
