She wasn't stunning, but she had a delicate beauty and a radiant complexion.
Her emerald green dress, in particular, made her skin seem like cream set to perfection, utterly tempting. And that dress, amidst the crowd clad in mourning black, was like a tender green shoot sprouting from dark soil, brimming with vitality and adding a touch of life's colors to the somberness of the sea of black.
That splash of color seemed to soothe the irritable and sorrowful mood of many people present.
As Flynn Taylor had predicted, the ambulance arrived five minutes later.
The emergency medical team, accompanied by several nurses, quickly brought a stretcher to the stairwell.
It was an ambulance from River State First Hospital, and Ave Carlisle had once worked there. Although she had left two years ago, the young doctor in charge of the emergency recognized her and called out, "Mrs. Carlisle."
"Sheffield."
"Mrs. Carlisle, it's you."