Two Strangers Knocked During a Christmas Outage. The Moment They Gave Their Names, I Knew Something Was Wrong.

Not in this temperature.”

“I’m not helpless,” he snapped, and then immediately started coughing hard enough that his face went red and his eyes watered.

I waited patiently until the coughing subsided, then said evenly, “I didn’t say you were helpless. I said I’m not letting you die in a ditch like a stubborn hero who thought he didn’t need backup.”

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