I always use to think that I was cool under pressure, but now I don’t think so. I feel like half of my soul is dying while I sit here on the cold floor of the hospital, not being able to do anything to help Valentina or my son.
Helpless is the last thing I want to claim, but that’s how I feel. I have no control over what happens to Valentina and my son, and that absolutely terrifies me.
I can’t live without either of them.
Heavy footsteps approached me from down the hall. I seemed to have blocked out everything else around me, but now it seemed like I couldn’t any more.
“Brother.” Gio’s voice echoed through out my ears making me lift my head and meet his gaze. I wiped my damp eyes, erasing the trace of tears that fell for my son and the love of my life.
“The hospital is locked d
