Fourteen
Bea’s hospital room was right across from the nurses station. Katty guessed they put the serious cases there and she guessed that Bea’s case was pretty serious. She prepared herself for the worst. Seeing Bea from surgery, tubes all over, white as the sheets.
“Ready?” Noell’s hand hovered over the door handle, waiting.
Katty nodded. “Yes.”
Noell slowly slid her sleeve over her hand and pulled the door open.
Odd. Noell’s expression was odd, too. Like expectant fright. Katty studied the door. She couldn’t see what might be so terrifying.
They stepped into the room. Bea faced the wall, away from them. She must still be out from the anesthesia. Baby Bea.
Katty’s eyes filled with tears at the sight of her, pale against the pillow. She swallowed back a sob. All she wanted to do wa
