Chapter 46
Ava
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INSTEAD OF DRIVING, I took a plane home to be with Millie. When I finally arrived at the hospital to see her, I felt like a total wreck.
“Look who’s here,” Clara said when I walked into her hospital room. “It’s Ava, Mill.”
“Oh, honey,” Millie said as I approached her bed. “You didn’t have to rush back home. I’m fine.”
Thankfully, she just looked tired and pale. I’d imagined her to be in much worse condition, with tubes and wires attached everywhere.
“What happened?” I asked, taking her hand.
She explained that she’d had a mild heart attack and that they’d injected a clot-dissolving agent to restore blood flow in one of her arteries.
“So, you’re going to be okay?” I asked, furrowing my brow.
Millie smiled. “Yes. I’ll need to make a few lifestyle changes I’m
