Chapter 1

My advanced emergency responder certification is still pending renewal. According to regulations, I'm not supposed to provide services outside of work.

But my neighbor's son was choking on a whole grape at the park, on the verge of suffocating to death.

How could I care about regulations at a time like that? I rushed over and used the professional Heimlich maneuver to save the child's life.

But she immediately turned around and reported me to the Labor Board and the Emergency Response Association for performing unauthorized procedures without valid certification. I lost my job and got blacklisted from the entire industry.

She even came at me with a forged medical report, extorting me for $200,000 in medical fees: "What if you damaged my son's internal organs? Is it wrong for me to protect my rights according to the rules?"

Later, when her son's life hung by a thread from febrile seizures, she knelt on the ground and begged me to save him.

I let out a cold laugh and dialed 911 directly: "I'm sorry, but I don't have certification. If I damage your precious son, I can't afford to compensate you."