CHAPTER 60
Ricky clung to the nurse’s call remote like a sailor would cling to the debris of a shipwreck.
Soon a nurse in Linus and Lucy scrubs bustled in. “Can I help you?” If she was surprised to see a grown man on the hospital bed with his girlfriend on his lap, sobbing into his shoulder, she was tactful enough not to show it.
He waited until she got a little closer so he didn’t have to shout across the room. “It’s been almost an hour,” he whispered. “Do you think there’s something wrong?”
The nurse looked at Jillian with a sympathetic expression. “This is totally normal. She’s been through more than you or I could ever imagine. The best thing you can do right now is be strong for her, let her know that it’s not always going to hurt so bad.”
Jillian’s whole body shuddered, and Rick
