As soon as we got back to Yellow Moon, Jake and Ellie came to the hospital with me. Jake didn’t want to leave my side or Ellie’s. I think everyone was kind of overreacting. I have my wolf, and this will heal quickly. I tell the medical staff at Yellow Moon to just put a bunch of butterfly stitches on me, and then just wrap some gauze around me. Holding the skin together will make it heal quicker.
While I’m getting cleaned up and put back together, I’m listening to Ellie’s conversation with Jake.
“When can we go home? How long will it take?” She asks.
“We’re going to head home soon, pumpkin. It will take us about 8 hours to drive back. We won’t get home until the middle of the night, probably.”
“Wow! I didn’t know it was that far. I thought it was just … maybe like… 1 hour. Like as far
