CHAPTER TWENTY
Petra trudged into the hospital waiting room and chose the farthest chair from all the family members waiting for their loved ones to come out of surgery. She had held it together so far and hadn’t broken down crying when she kissed Elias before they rolled him into the operating room. Though he was older than when he had gone under for his previous operation, it was harder to let his hand slip away today.
Fear showed in his eyes. Elias understood what was at stake this time and knew what it meant to have his heart operated on, no matter how minimally invasive the procedure. Her son was scared and she couldn’t be at his side to comfort him.
Sitting alone, detached from her boy, helplessness crippled her. She spread a blanket on her lap and turned off her mobile phone. Mou
