Hazel strode into the emergency room and immediately spotted Alice, standing by anxiously as she waited for news.
"How is he?" she asked.
Alice shook her head. "I don't know. They're still examining him," she answered, her eyes swollen from crying.
Hazel put an arm around Alice's shoulders, comforting her.
"I'm sorry for calling you," Alice said, feeling awkward and flustered by her own sudden decision to contact Hazel.
Hazel smiled. "Don't be sorry. It was the right thing to do."
Alice nodded, murmuring her thanks. It was Hazel who had sent the ambulance to their house after she had panicked, holding an unconscious Noah whose nose was bleeding. She had tried calling Dom, but it went straight to voicemail. In her panic, Alice had forgotten that Dom had rushed out that morning for an
