By the time Lizzie and Nathan arrived at the emergency entrance to Harris Hospital, Jandy and Stacy had also been notified. Out in California, a hysterical Stacy swore she'd make the earliest possible flight to Dallas. Jandy, calmer only on the surface, had insisted on picking up Charlie from daycare.
"You need to focus on Bella right now, honey. Don't worry about Charlie. I've got that part taken care of, all right? And I'll call Sarah, too. Keep me posted, little brother. I love you," she'd told Nathan tenderly, but Lizzie could hear the raw emotion threatening to come undone behind the soothing words.
Lizzie pulled right up to the emergency room's patient drop-off zone in front of the double sliding doors so that Nathan could get inside as quickly as possible. He'd unfastened his seat
