Chapter 11: Reaching
She was expecting the worst. Still, she wasn't truly ready for that when Vernon called.
She wasn't sure what she was wearing, but she found herself not caring, for once. The run towards the hospital was the longest she ever ran. Heart beating a mile, her breath short, that for a moment, she thought she might pass out. But that was all insignificant when she found him.
"What-?"
"- he's in surgery now."
She bit her lip, as her eyes strayed to the floor.
"He'll...be alright?"
For the first time, Vernon wasn't so sure anymore.
