**ERICKSON'S POV**
"Where is she?" I heard a gruff male voice call out as it got to the top of the stairs.
"Briar, in here." I called out as I walked briskly over to the door and pulled it open. "In here, please hurry." I beckoned the man inside and showed him where my little girl was laying on the bed.
"When did she get sick?" He was rushing to her side as he spoke, already reaching toward her to start examining her.
"My son found her by the stream. She is asleep and won't wake up. She has a high fever and won't respond to us no matter what we do." I explained to him what we knew so far.
"Has she been sick lately? Any cough, fever, difficulty breathing? Anything?" I saw him force open one of Addie's eyes and look at her pupil.
"No, not at all. She has only ever been sick once before in her entire life." Helen answered him this time.
"Hmm?" It seemed to me that Briar knew something that he wasn't telling me. All he was doing was concentrating and not speaking at all.
