She Cried for Help

Justin Phillips and Eleanor Bailey were each other's first love, and he spent the day with her and her small son instead of keeping the promise he had made to his daughter for her birthday. He lied about where he was going. At home his wife, full term, slipped and her water broke. The contractions started. She called him and he was annoyed at the interruption, hung up, and switched the phone off. Gas was leaking in the apartment. Their daughter was unconscious from it. His mother in law was late arriving. On the bridge into the city a pile up had taken every ambulance in the area. His wife went through the labor by herself, trying to keep herself and the baby alive. At the hospital the doctor told him ten minutes earlier might have made a difference. When Justin came asking for cord blood to save Eleanor's son, he found out he had been the one blocking the road.