My dad's emergency surgery dragged on for 5 hours.
When the sky started to lighten, the doctor stepped out and said he'd pulled through. The new kidney was already working.
I'd been sitting right outside the operating room, slumped against the wall, and ended up dozing off. When I woke up, there was a coat draped over my shoulders.
It belonged to Zoe.
She was sitting right beside me, holding two bagels in her hand.
"Eat."
She stuffed one of the bagels into my hand. "I scraped together $100,000 for you. The hospital said they would let us pay the rest later."
I clutched the bagel, nibbling bite by bite. Before I knew it, tears were streaming down my face.
By noon, Franklin showed up.
His eyes were bloodshot from staying up all night, his suit was all wrinkled, and the second he spo
