12.

“We’re here,” said the nurse.

I looked around. We had stopped. We were at the hospital.

“Is there time to save me?” I asked.

“I hope so,” the nurse replied.

“Thank you,” I said. My voice was shaking. “For helping me. For coming to find me.”

The nurse smiled. “It’s my job.”

“What’s your name? I’d like to know it.”

The nurse paused. “You don’t know my name,” he said. “So I can’t tell you what it is.”

I didn’t understand, and he didn’t give me a chance to ask him to explain. He reached across me and opened the side door. “Come on,” he said. “We should go.”