CRYSTAL.
"Oh, God. Oh, God." I paced the hospital with my heart in my throat.
My son was still in the theatre with the doctors. They didn't let me see him when I arrived. They said it was procedure.
But I was running crazy here!
"Sunshine. You need to calm down." Noah said from beside me, pulling me into his arms.
I sobbed so hard my chest ached.
"I don't want to lose him, Noah. I don't. He's all I've got."
"Jason will be fine. Trust me."
We sat at the reception for another hour when I remembered that Noah was still here and needed to go back to work.
"Hey..." I turned to him with puffy eyes, "Why not go back to work? I'll take it from here, and I'll call you when the doctors are done."
I wiped my face with the back of my palm.
Noah was quiet, and that's when I noticed th
