Although it was four in the morning, the ful moon overhead shed enough light on the surrounding timber to realise how much worse the accident might have been. Aaron shut down the engine and opened his door. “Something wrong?” Luke continued to stare straight ahead. “Guess so, because I can’t seem to bring myself to reach for the door handle.” Aaron paused in the act of climbing out of the ambulance. “The driver phoned it in. It isn’t a fatality accident. He just hit a deer.” “I know,” Luke mumbled. He noticed Chief George Manning off to the side of the road watching him through the windshield. Get out! He screamed at himself. What the hel was wrong with him? “I’l check him out,” Aaron final y said, slamming the door shut. Luke groaned when George started towards the ambulance. Even the threat of getting fired wasn’t enough to make him get out of the vehicle. George opened Luke’s door. “You okay?” “No, sir,” Luke answered. Although he wasn’t the kind of man who cried often, Luke felt tears trickle down his face.
