Miguel drove in silence. His grip on the steering wheel tightened and loosened every now and then.
Gregory Miller was dead, and while there was a small, cold satisfaction in that fact, it didn’t bring Elizabeth back from the hospital. Nothing had changed.
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NEW LIFE HOSPITAL
As Miguel walked into the hospital waiting room, Ash and Frank were still there, though now Frank was pacing back and forth, his nerves getting the better of him.
When they saw Miguel enter, they both straightened. Ash’s face was straight, as usual, but Miguel could see the question in her eyes.
“How is she…?” Miguel’s voice shook, betraying the calm exterior he’d worked so hard to maintain.
Ash stood up slowly. “She’s out of surgery,” she said carefully, watching him for a reaction. “The doctors said she
