(Sean's POV)
The doctor comes to me instead of her, and I understand, the second I see his face, that this is exactly how she wanted it.
Of course she did. Rebecca's never once in her life let anyone else deliver news she was capable of carrying herself, and if she's asked him to explain things to the family outside instead of doing it in front of me, it's because she needed one more minute alone before she had to manage anyone else's reaction to what just happened.
He sits down across from me, low voice, careful pacing, and tells me. Plainly. Gently. In the specific unhurried way that means he's done this before and knows there's no version of the sentence that doesn't land like a blow no matter how softly it's thrown.
I sit in the plastic chair and let it land.
Jack's across the roo
