Neil and Grace raced to the reception desk, where they gave the names of Grace's parents to the receptionist for her to locate them.
The receptionist directed them to a seat and got up to talk to a doctor, who immediately came over to talk to them. Grace was clutching Neil's hand tightly, and he could feel her trembling as he wrapped his arm around her shoulder, holding her close.
"Ms Dasari? I'm Doctor James. Your mother is in surgery at the moment. She has suffered some severe internal injuries, which we are concerned about, as well as sustaining a few broken ribs. We are also worried that one of these ribs may have punctured a lung. I'm afraid it's looking quite bad at the moment."
Grace nodded, and squeezed her eyes shut whilst swallowing the lump that was forming in her throat, before forcing out her question.
"And dad?"
Doctor James sighed and looked down at the floor.
"I'm sorry Ms Dasari, from what I understand the other car hit the drivers side door, where your father was, at a very high speed. He wouldn't have been in any pain."
Grace gasped in disbelief.
"No. No no no no no, you have to have got it wrong. Please, you can't do this to me."
Neil tightened his hold around Grace and pulled her close. Grace tried to resist, hitting his chest with her fists, but Neil just held firm until she ran out of energy and collapsed against him. He couldn't believe the tough time she was having at the moment. First her sister, and now this? Could things get any worse for her?
Unfortunately, this question was very quickly answered when a scrub nurse put her head around the door and shouted,
"Doctor James, you're needed in theatre 2. Mrs Dasari has gone into cardiac arrest."
A/N: Will they manage to save her? Or will Grace lose all her family? And on that cliffhanger I regret to inform you that I'm going on holiday tomorrow and so the next time I will be able to update will be the 16th August at the earliest. Please review just to let me know if you're still reading this as I have been down on reviews a bit lately. Thanks x