: "My husband's had a stroke, right?", Loretta asked. The blonde young man paused for a second, taking a deep breath and said, "Oh no, Mrs. Louis, your husband has passed on." Loretta stood up and shrieked, "No! No! That can't be!," and she instinctively threw her arms around the paramedic, needing someone to hold onto. He held her very gently while she continued to cry out and finally he was able to get her to sit down again. Just a minute later, Linda had come into the kitchen, having let herself in with her own key.

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