CHAPTER 38
MIAA nurse grabbed my hand. “Please, Mia, let’s get you to the waiting room.”
I stood up onto two trembling legs and stumbled to the waiting room. Tears raced down my cheeks—I could barely see through the tears in my eyes—and loud, shuddering sobs were escaping my throat.
And when I turned the corner into the waiting room, I found the first open seat and collapsed down into it, curling up into a ball and crying my eyes out. Every time someone came over to me, I pushed them away. I wanted to sit alone. I needed to sit alone. I had dealt with this before by myself that it felt too weird to have all these people here with me.
I waited for what seemed like days, but it was only hours, nestled in the hospital chair with my knees to my chest and tears streaming down my face. Mom h
