Tara had never been fond of hospitals even though her mother was a doctor. And yet, as she and Antonio approached the room that they had been told Jared was in, she was relieved to see that the hospital although almost too pristinely white, it was not austere.
The way the nurses and doctors alike moved, quickly, efficiently and eerily silent, made her gulp down her dread. These men and women were devoted to human life, to caring to their patients’ health, and they did so - most often than not - with a smile on, despite everything.
She admired them. And for some silly reason, although her mom didn’t work at this hospital in particular, she was looking at the faces there, trying to see her among them.
And that was when she realized she missed her parents greatly. She had always been a
