Chapter 20
Reine pulled back the blue curtain and stepped in, and Karen looked up from where she lay on her side in a hospital gown, a monitor beeping. “You okay?”
Karen’s brow knit, her hand behind her head, appearing tired. Reine thought she was still shaky from nearly dying, completely unsettled from what she had seen. She could’ve sworn it was Vern, but now she didn’t know.
Karen had an IV in the hand resting on her hip, her legs pulled up under the blanket. “Fine, just…” She stopped talking and gestured toward herself. The baby was being monitored by the strap around her belly. “Jack isn’t here yet?”
Reine only looked over her shoulder at the curtain, knowing he wasn’t. “Sorry, not yet. You want me to let you rest?”
Karen’s determined blue eyes no longer seemed as confident. Was
