CHAPTER 39
Ricky wasn’t sure what he had expected when he rushed out the door and sped to County Hospital. He probably pictured Jillian sitting there sobbing in the waiting room. She’d see him and throw her arms around him, and he’d hold her and let her cry until she started to feel better.
But when he got to the emergency room, all the nurse could tell him was that Grandma Lucy had been recently admitted, but only family members were allowed to visit.
“Is Jillian with her?” Ricky asked.
“I really couldn’t say.”
“Well, can I just go back and see?”
The nurse shook her head.
“Could you check for me?”
The nurse’s phone rang, and she told Ricky to sit in a chair in the waiting room, which he did.
Twenty minutes later, he was still sitting.
What should he do? Had the nurse forgotten a
