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encircled
Joshua, Seamus, and the bald man.
    Seamus eyes
fluttered and he bolted upright with a frenzied gasp for air. “I am your
servant.” He cried out. “I will do as you ask.”
    “Are you
okay?” Eunice broke free from Vivienne’s grip and rushed over to her brother.
“Did he hurt you?”
    Seamus took another
deep breath before answering her. “I have been healed.”
    Joshua
remained in his professional responder mode. “Are you in any pain?”
    Seamus shook
his head. “No. I was just healed by God himself.”
    “This man is unconscious,
but breathing.” The young woman in scrubs spoke quietly.
    Seamus looked
over at the bald man. “My brother, you have fought the good fight and will be
rewarded.”
    There was more
commotion as the paramedics arrived on the scene. They pushed their way through
the crowd with a gurney in tow. “Please back away and give us room to work.”
They ordered.
    The two
officers began to push the crowd back so the paramedics could render aid.
    The taller of
the two paramedics, a stocky man with blue eyes, approached Seamus. “Are you
feeling light headed or dizzy?”
    Seamus shook
his head. “No. I am completely healed now.” He jumped to his feet as some
members of the crowd gasped.
    The shorter
paramedic took over for the young woman in scrubs. “I’ve got it from here.”
    “Thank you.”
She replied meekly.
    The taller
paramedic rushed over to Seamus with concern. “Sir, you shouldn’t make any
sudden movements like that until you have been checked by a physician.”
    “I am fine,
gentlemen. Better than fine. Wonderful, actually.” Seamus smiled.
    Joshua got up
from the floor. “He didn’t have a pulse and I administered CPR.”
    The taller
paramedic nodded back. “Are you absolutely certain there was no pulse?”
    “Yes.” Joshua
responded. “There’s no way I missed it.”
    The shorter
paramedic, a young man who looked to be all of twenty-one years old, approached
Seamus. “The other man is non-responsive, but breathing on his own. We should
get them both to Cayuga Memorial right away.”
    “Do what you
must.” Seamus replied calmly. “But you are not strapping me down on that
gurney. I will walk.” He frantically scanned the floor. “Where is my Bible?”
    “That’s fine.”
The taller paramedic agreed and helped his partner load the bald man onto a
gurney. They wheeled him out of the library meeting room.
    “I found it,
brother.” Eunice pointed to a folding chair where the Bible had slid
underneath.
    Seamus was
escorted by the two officers out of the meeting hall. Eunice Kilpatrick, who
grabbed her brother’s Bible off the floor, left without saying another word to
anyone. They disappeared through the main library doors, where the flashing
blue and red emergency lights lit up the chilly evening.
    “What the hell
was that?” Kathy asked Vivienne.
    “I wish I
knew.” Vivienne replied as she walked over to Joshua. “Are you hurt?”
    He shook his
head. “Man, she must have fifty pounds of junk in that purse of hers.”
    “It’s probably
loose change she’s pilfered from the bank.” Kathy mused. “Are you going to
charge her with assaulting an officer of the law?”
    “No.” Joshua
grimaced. “She was caught up in the craziness of the moment. People react in
strange ways to sudden shock.”
    “That’s more
kindness than she deserves.” Kathy added.
    Vivienne
reached up and fixed a few stray locks of hair that had fallen across Joshua’s
face during the scuffle. “Aren’t you glad you came tonight?”
    He gave her a
little smile. “I need to go down to the station and give them the full story of
what just happened here.”
    “I know.”
Vivienne nodded back. “Do you need us to come with you as witnesses?”
    “No, I’ll be
fine.” Joshua replied.
    Father William
had made his way over to them and patted Joshua on the back. “Deputy Arkins, I
am so thankful that you were here tonight.”
    “No need to
thank me, Father