Chapter 24
Sarah heard him collapse from the first floor. Everyone inside the library heard him collapse. It wasn’t just a man falling to the ground but the roar of thunder, an earthquake, or an apocalypse echoing from the third floor in booming waves. Students yelled and ran for cover. Library staff wanted to call security, but Jennifer calmed everyone, saying not to worry, they were reorganizing some things on the other floors, they must have dropped something heavy, don’t panic. Everyone settled down, everyone but Sarah because she knew what the crash meant. She raced to the stairwell because the elevator would have been too slow. Jennifer was right behind her.
When they got to the third floor they saw him, Timothy, his chest heaving as though he were desperate to breathe again after
