“Just then,” he continued, “I heard engines approaching fast from both the north and south. The first was Caesar Melchizadek on his way to work at the casino, and the other was Bailie Belshazzer in his Chevy pickup, headed for the wind farm. With my power-company truck blocking one lane, something bad could have happened. I should have grabbed the bassinet and taken you off the highway, but I was kind of—I don’t know—emotionally paralyzed by what I’d found. I wasn’t thinking straight. I waved down both Caesar and Bailie. They pulled off on the shoulder of the road and got out of their vehicles
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