The Only Best Place (2009)
“My sweat-slicked hand clutched the headset of the phone in the parents' room of the hospital.
Where are you,Terra? I need you.
“I'm sorry, ma'am.” The disembodied voice gave standard-issue condolences. I whispered an equally fake thanks and dropped the phone into the cradle.
I had dragged myself here after spending most of last night standing guard over my son, keeping death at bay. I fell asleep on the couch and had just woken up. My first thought was a desperate need to connect wi...th my sister. But nothing. Had she moved already?
“Hey, there.”
I jumped, then felt a hand on my shoulder. Dan crouched down beside me.
“Hey, yourself.” I wiped my tired eyes.
Images of last night scurried through my mind. The flashing lights of the helicopter, and then it was gone into the air, taking our son away. Then the mad dash to Helena in the night and the long vigil by Nicholas's bed in the pediatric ICU.MoreLess
Where are you,Terra? I need you.
“I'm sorry, ma'am.” The disembodied voice gave standard-issue condolences. I whispered an equally fake thanks and dropped the phone into the cradle.
I had dragged myself here after spending most of last night standing guard over my son, keeping death at bay. I fell asleep on the couch and had just woken up. My first thought was a desperate need to connect wi...th my sister. But nothing. Had she moved already?
“Hey, there.”
I jumped, then felt a hand on my shoulder. Dan crouched down beside me.
“Hey, yourself.” I wiped my tired eyes.
Images of last night scurried through my mind. The flashing lights of the helicopter, and then it was gone into the air, taking our son away. Then the mad dash to Helena in the night and the long vigil by Nicholas's bed in the pediatric ICU.MoreLess
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