A new day had come for him as he got out of the shower. Derek sighed loudly as he pulled his shirt over his head and began buttoning.
He hadn't quite finished with his buttons when his phone rang.
“Hello Claire.” He smiled.
“Hello Derek.” She greeted but with a tone he wasn't expecting.
“I have terrible news.”
“What is it?” His forehead wrinkled as he hooked his phone between his ear and shoulder.
“It's about Emily.” Claire started, “and you're not going to like it.”
She went on and on about how she had just woken up when she got a call from the hospital and was told it had to do with Emily.
Something about a car crash. She sustained head injuries and she was in bad shape.
Derek’s hand trembled as he struggled to button the last of his shirt, his mind barely registering the effor
