Chapter Twenty Six
My hair is still damp from my shower, clinging to my head just barely by a plastic clip that is too small. It worked fine while I was at home, but since I've been rushing and at one point, hit the top of my pile of hair on the car as I was getting into it, the whole stack is wobbly.
It's the least of my worries after I park my car in the hospital visitor's lot and make the trek to the emergency room.
For a small town, we're lucky to have an actual hospital, and not just an urgent care. Sure, it's on the border and nearly in the next town, so it serves a larger population, but it saves a lot of time when something goes wrong.
Like now.
Before I reach the front desk, I hear a familiar voice call my name.
Michael.
I turn to find him standing beside Emily, who is sitt
