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The phone vibrated violently against my desk during a budget meeting that felt like drowning in spreadsheets. My sister's frantic voice cut through the PowerPoint monotony: "Mom fell in the garden. Can't stand. Need X-rays now." Ice shot through my veins. Thirty miles of gridlocked highway stretched between us - every minute of delay screaming in my head. My knuckles turned white around the steering wheel later, trapped in motionless traffic, watching the clock devour precious minutes. That's wh

Rain lashed against the cabin windows like handfuls of gravel as I stared at the empty trailhead. Sarah should've been back from her ridge walk an hour ago. That familiar acidic taste of panic flooded my mouth when her phone went straight to voicemail for the third time. Mountain storms here turn trails to rivers within minutes. My fingers trembled as I fumbled with my phone - then remembered the little green circle icon we'd installed last month.