Second Nature

Valerie’s POV

As Chloe fell, everyone moved at once.

Talia turned toward her sister, crying, “Chloe?!”

Darius came rushing in from the outskirts of the hall.

Three people pulled out their phones, one two record, two to call an ambulance.

And I dropped the plate I’d been holding, forgetting it entirely while I ran forward to help the poor little girl.

By the time I reached her, her father was there