He scrambled toward me on his knees, trying to undo the chain, trying to wrap a towel around me.
"Lucretia, Lucretia, listen to me. He didn't see it. I sent someone to grab the phone. They'll get there in time..."
"Don't be scared. As long as he didn't see it, nothing will happen. Right?"
He babbled at me, incoherent, like a child who knew he'd done something unforgivable.
Then his phone rang again.
"Hello? Is this the family of Percy Chavez? You need to get here now! The patient... the patient was holding his phone when he jumped off the roof!"
