CHAPTER 39
MIA“Mom,” I said, throwing my arms around her shoulders and pulling her into a tight hug as soon as I could. The doctor had said she might not be able to make new memories anytime soon, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t. “You made it.”
She wrapped her arms around me and laughed into my chest. “I did, sweetheart. All those tears were for nothing,” she said, but there wasn’t reassurance in her words.
I didn’t want to tell her I had lost faith in her recovery or her ability to withstand another surgery, so I smacked my lips closed and enjoyed our moment together.
This was what I’d do from now on. No more Mason telling me when I could and couldn’t see her. No more Mason holding me back from spending all the damn time I could with Mom. She was mine, and I wasn’t going to let her go
