She stopped. “Did I do something wrong?”
He shook his head as adrenaline urged him forward. “No, no. I’m fine.” He put her right hand back on his chest after kissing it.
His pulse pounded louder in his ears as Amy slipped her black dress up over her head. He pulled her to him and they rolled back onto the bed. Her skin pressed against his.
Her hands slid down his body and he explored hers. Soon, though, amidst the passion and pleasure, a strange numbness overtook his left hand and arm. Joel shifted her over. He was breathing in deep gasps now, almost completely out of breath.
Just as their exploits intensified, dizziness halted him. He bit his lower lip.
Amy grinned and pinned him against the bed.
A terrible pain shot through Joel’s head and he gasped aloud. The room darkened and he grabbed at his head. He squeezed his temples.
Amy shot back, frozen. Her eyes were wide. “What’s going on?”
Joel started to fade, his lips quivered and the entire left side of his body went numb. One leg drooped uselessly over the side of the bed.
“Oh, my God. Are you having a stroke?” Confusion rang out in her voice. “That’s impossible.”
Amy jumped to the side of the room as his vision swam and her silhouette paced against the large window. She tapped on her comm card, the familiar sound resonating in Joel’s ears like woodpeckers hammering down a forest. Her voice sounded hazy and echoed heavily as she called for help.
Emergency services. A hospital. Decades since he’d been to one. Thoughts, Amy, streetlights, numbness all dissipated. “I need an ambulance...Yes...Yes.”
After hanging up, Amy made another call as Joel’s vision faded in and out. “Stewart, I’ve got a story. A big story.” Her words came out in spurts between panicked breaths. “Get all the premium ad commissions, direct links to the top news comm applications, especially business.”
He tried to keep his eyes open, to listen to her, to reach out. Then, his world went black.
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