Maya's Pov
I tried not to freak out.
Tried to breathe, to think.
Lee's skin burned under my hand, her small body twisting against the bed. Her dark curls were slicked with sweat to her forehead, and every shattered whimper of hers shattered my heart further open.
I ran to the bathroom, grabbed a cloth, and plunged it into cold water, then pressed it gently to her forehead. Her eyelashes fluttered, her lips shaping something I couldn't hear.
"It's okay, baby. Mommy's here," I whispered, even though I had no clue if anything I was doing was working.
I searched through my bag with trembling hands for the fever medicine for children. I always kept one incase of emergencies like this. My hands closed around the almost-full bottle, but even as I tilted it over onto the spoon, doubt crept i
