(Olivia)
The moment felt like an eternity as I waited, my heart pounding so loudly in my ears that I could barely hear the faint rustle of the paper as Mr. Hargrove took it from the technician.
The room was still, too still, and the silence pressed down on me as I watched his face, searching for any hint of what was to come.
He read the results, his eyes moving slowly over the words, his expression hard to read. Time seemed to stretch endlessly as I sat there, my hands gripping the edge of the chair, trying to steady myself for whatever was about to happen.
My stomach churned with a mixture of dread and hope, emotions I couldn’t even begin to sort through.
When he finally looked up at me, his eyes were full of something I hadn’t expected—tears. His lips quivered as he struggled to fi
