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\u201cPull over,\u201d he said, and the driver, startled enough to glance in the rearview, did.<\/p>\n

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The rear door opened with a soft thunk. Heat swarmed in. Ethan stepped onto the sidewalk and into a circle of strangers making space the way people do when they hope someone else will take responsibility. The woman on the ground had the delicate look of a person who had been strong for too long. Her hair was gathered into a bun that had stopped negotiating with the day. Dust smudged her cheekbone. The twins\u2014one in a faded yellow T-shirt with a cartoon shark, the other in a pink dress with a loose hem\u2014were trying to climb back onto her lap as if proximity alone could restart the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs anyone calling 911?\u201d Ethan asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlready did,\u201d said a man in a Dodgers cap, holding up his phone.<\/p>\n

Ethan crouched, palms open. \u201cMa\u2019am? Can you hear me?\u201d<\/p>\n

Her eyelids flickered. \u201cWhere\u2026? The babies.\u201d Her voice reached and broke.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPull over,\u201d he said, and the driver, startled enough to glance in the rearview, did. The rear door opened with a soft thunk. Heat swarmed in. Ethan stepped onto the sidewalk and into a circle of strangers making space the way people do when they hope someone else will take responsibility. The woman on the…<\/p>\n

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