Chapter 85

“Yes, some.”

“Fuck, put me on speaker, Caelum and I will be there very soon.”

“You're on speaker,” she tells me.

“Okay, sit him up straight, give him some room. Is he coughing?”

“No, his eyes are glazing over and he's foaming at the mouth- and I and-”

Oh, he's having a seizure.

“Shit, okay listen don't cloud him, lay him on one side, unbutton his clothing please and don't put anything in his mouth. Go and grab aspirin, 325 milligrams of aspirin for his heart attack.”

Scarlett leaves and hands the phone over to Caelum's mom. She's calmer about the situation as she speaks to me, talking me through what he's doing and his progress. “Should I perform CPR? He's hardly breathing.” she tells me.

“I'm not sure about that.” I tell her, “But keep him stable, the ambulance is on it's way and Caelum and I are too.”

Caelum is driving fast, and only now do I note the cops chasing after us. I did see the ambulance a few blocks back, Caelum stops at w