UNEXPECTED CALL
~TESSA'S POV~
I was still staring at my phone, trying to process everything that had happened in the last hour, when it rang again. This time it was Jake, and something cold settled in my stomach.
My brother never called me. He was strictly a texting person unless something was seriously wrong.
"Jake?" I answered quickly.
"Tess." His voice was shaky, younger than his eighteen years. "I need you to come home."
The world seemed to tilt. "What's wrong? What happened?"
"It's Dad. He... he had some kind of episode at work today. They took him to the hospital."
My legs gave out, and I sank into the deck chair. "What do you mean, episode? What kind of episode?"
"His chest started hurting, and he couldn't breathe right. Mom's with him now, but Tess..." Jake's voice cracke
