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file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Stephen%20King%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htminto the back, he saw Rachel looking out the living room window. He waved to her. She lifted a hand inreturn.He and Jud stood together and watched the ambulance pull away, lights flashing, siren silent.“Guess I’ll go on up to the hospital now,” Jud said.“They won’t let you see her tonight, Jud. They’ll want to run an EKG on her and then put her inintensive care. No visitors for the first twelve hours.”“Is she going to be okay, Louis? Really okay?”Louis shrugged. “No one can guarantee that. It was a heart attack. For whatever it’s worth, I think she’sgoing to be fine. Maybe better than ever, once she gets on some medication.”“Ayuh,” Jud said, lighting a Chesterfield.Louis smiled and glanced at his watch. He was amazed to see it was only ten minutes to eight. It seemedthat a great deal more time had gone by.“Jud, I want to go get Ellie so she can finish her trick-or-treating.”“Yeah, course you do.” This came out as Cossy’do. “Tell her to get all the treats she can, Louis.”“I will,” Louis promised.Ellie was still in her witch costume when Louis got home. Rachel had tried to persuade her into hernightie, but Ellie had resisted, holding out for the possibility that the game, suspended because of heartattack, might yet be played out. When Louis told her to put her coat back on, Ellie whooped and clapped.“It’s going to be awfully late for her, Louis.”“We’ll take the car,” he said. “Come on, Rachel. She’s been looking forward to this for a month.”“Well. . .“ She smiled. Ellie saw it and shouted again. She ran for the coat closet. “Is Norma all right?”“I think so.” He felt good. Tired but good. “It was a small one. She’s going to have to be careful, butwhen you’re seventy-five you have to recognize that your pole-vaulting days are done anyway.”“It’s lucky you were there. Almost God’s providence.”file:///E|/Funny%20&%20Weird%20Shit/75%20-%20Ste...%20Books/Stephen%20King%20-%20Pet%20Sematary.htm (83 of 333)7/28/2005 9:21:49 PM