He carefully tucked her wet hair behind her ears and gently stroked her cheeks with his fingers.

"Mr. Wood..."

He seemed to be unable to hear them and kept his eyes on Gale.

It was not until the ambulance came whistling that he got up, put her in, and rushed her to the hospital.

Shawn seemed to have forgotten that he was also wet.

While pushing Gale into the emergency room, the doctor asked, "Did you fall into the water?"

"Yes." Shawn replied.

"Does she usually have any acute illness? The