Without wasting a second, Anabel called her brother, Jethro. The moment he picked up, she repeated the same panicked message.

“Dad collapsed! You have to come home!”

“I’ll be there, Anabel! Just hang on!” Jethro replied.

After ending the call, she knelt beside her father again, gripping his hand as she watched his shallow breathing. “Daddy, stay with me,” she whispered through her tears. “Don’t leave me. Help is coming. Nothing will happen to you. You are going to be fine.”

A few minutes later, she heard a car pull up. She was expecting the doctor, but when the door opened, it was her brother, Jethro. He had to speed...