Chapter Eleven
Daniel frowned. She was shivering again, and he gripped her tighter as he tried to wipe his face on the blankets. She felt so frail in his arms. The tears in his eyes were making it hard to see the numbers on the damn rooms. He carried her to the bed in room 6 as Beth had directed. The room was suddenly filled with people in scrubs, crowding around them as he eased her down. They tried to pull him away from her, but he clung to her hand, so small and fragile-looking in his.
He closed his eyes, trying to make it all disappear.
I don’t want to see this.
She was going to lose the baby. Like so many women were losing theirs to this plague, this virus, this whatever the hell it was. He couldn’t lose her too.
“We’ll take care of her, Daniel.” Beth tried to soothe him as they
