The Capes
Sometimes the good guys just show up
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He burst through the double doors leading from the corridor of the emergency room to the front lobby of the hospital where he would certainly see a nurse or someone who could help. As soon as he arrived at the main lobby where the playroom with a large glass wall was located Christopher saw two nurses and yelled for help.
"I need help this boy is turning blue!", Christopher yelled.
The nurses and 2 orderlies quickly took charge and did what Christopher could not do and that was clear his breathing passage. After he was able to breathe and talk Eddie Collins was able to call his parents who quickly came as fast as they could to pick up their son. While the police officers in the parking lot also went into thank Christopher for saving the little boy's life the doctors and the nurses also did the same.
The entire event was witnessed by close to 30 children in the play room with their parents who were watching from behind the large glass wall with there noses stuck to it. To the kids and there parents Batman had just saved a child right in front of them. All the children could do was smile as Christopher simply waved. Then by sheer accident he tripped over his cape causing the children and their parents to laugh hysterically.
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About the Book
The Capes is about four friends of different backgrounds and varying levels of success and failure. They suddenly find themselves dressing up as comic book superheroes and interacting with the children and their parents at a hospital. The majority of the children start to get better. The four friends had no idea how much it would change them. An angel named Sam occupies the background and helps out where he can, the four cope with loss, tragedy, success, and acts of amazement that can only have the hands of a higher power involved. The whimsical, good-hearted friends do more than just save the day from saving children’s lives to simply making them laugh. The four friends do just as much for the well-being of the children of this hospital as the physicians trying to make them better. The heroes end up rescuing a girl on a ledge, fighting off drug dealers, a daring rescue of financial impossibilities, and while discovering they have help from above. The Capes has an explosive ending that will have you grabbing at your heart and knowing that it works.
About the Author
Jesse Smith is an author from Alabama whose faith is rock solid. He has had good experiences with cosplayers and hospital staff who go out of their way to keep children smiling. The Capes is his first book with more to come.