“I won’t. I swear I won’t.”
A nurse entered the room, forestalling further conversation. She gave James another batch of pills to swallow and commented that they were still unable to reach his parents.
“I don’t know where my father would be, but my stepmother works until five on Saturdays,” James murmured.
She glanced at her watch. “Well, it’s just now five, so I’ll have them try her number again shortly.”
“Five?” James said as she exited the room. “Everyone must be wondering where we are!”
“No,” Maria answered. “Everyone is downstairs in the waiting room.”
James stared at her in disbelief. “They are?”
“Matt said they weren’t leaving until they got to see you,” she said with a smile.
“Well, I don’t want to keep them waiting any longer,” he moaned. “I can’t believe they’d wait all
