Chapter 7That night
The elevator doors parted and Faison stepped out, holding a bouquet of flowers. He rounded the corner and journeyed down the corridor, glancing in each room as he went along. He wasn’t quite sure where the room was that his sister was staying in, so he approached the nurses’ station. He spoke with the clerk. After memorizing the information he was given, he headed toward his destination. Reaching the room number he was provided, he stepped through the door. Faison’s heart dropped when he saw his baby sister lying in the castiron bed in ICU. He could feel his eyes beginning to tear up. Feeling his knees buckle, he quickly grabbed the bed railing to keep himself from collapsing.
Faison took in Ta’shauna’s appearance. Her head was wrapped in bandages. Her rightleg was co
