Pulsating Lines

Slowly lowering the phone from my ear, I stared at it unseeingly, mind racing as I tried desperately to come up with another way to help. Nothing, I was a complete blank.

A quick glance was enough to ascertain that the man to which she was referring was in the throes of what appeared to be a heart attack. He had toppled out of his chair, there was no movement from the man on the ground by the time I knelt beside him.