Chapter 27
What's to Come
It's been a month since August turned back into wood. A puppet. I sighed. I was trying to save the town. So I could get August back. I was sitting in my room, August lying on the bed still. "Emma, you should come and eat." Mary Margaret replied.
I looked up into her brown eyes.
"I can't." I whispered.
"You have to." She said, taking me by the hand and guiding me into the kitchen. She made me sit down at the bar, and she placed the food in front of me. "Besides, you're not only eating for you, you're eating for the baby, too." She replied, with a small smile.
"Where's Henry?" I asked.
"At a friend's house." She answered, taking a bite out of her sandwich.
I nodded, but just then the phone rang, and Mary Margaret went to answer. "Oh, David…" Mary Margaret sighed. "Your divorce is finalized that quickly?"
"Okay, okay, I'll be right there." She said, after she hang up she quickly finished her sandwich. "Emma, eat. I'll be back soon!" She said. I felt like a small child again, being told what to do.
But, I did. Just then, the phone rang again. "Hello?" I answered. "Mrs. Booth?" She asked.
"Yes." I answered. "Uh, your son's in the ER." She reported. "What?" My voice shocked. How could he be in the hospital…again?
"Mrs. Booth…" the woman replied, waiting for me to reply. "Your son, Henry Booth, is in the ER, we need someone to come and sign agreement papers." I dropped the phone, and I ran to the hospital…forget the car.
I ran straight for the appointment desk. A nurse was talking away on the phone. "Excuse me," I said, as calmly as I could. But, the nurse gave me a finger, and faced away from me. I sighed, and bent down into the small desk area, and disconnected the call.
"Hey, I could call the police on you!" the nurse cried, turning. Then, I saw her face turn into shock. "I am the sheriff, I asked you politely before you continued to do so!" I cried. She remained quiet. "Now, my son's in the ER, would you mind telling me where it is?" I asked. She silently nodded, and pointed to the left.
"Go straight, then turn a right, there will be big swinging doors, go through them and you'll be in the ER." She said.
"Thank you."
I followed her directions, hoping Henry will be alright.
