She Stepped Away from the Counter for Just Five Minutes to Help a Man Collapsing Outside the Diner on Highway…

He gave a faint shake of his head.

Cars pulled in and out of the lot as if nothing significant was happening.

Savannah shifted him upright against the wall and checked his pulse. It raced beneath her fingertips.

“You’re not dying on this sidewalk,” she said firmly.

For a brief second, his gaze sharpened, studying her with something like disbelief.