Chapter 7
Mum’s pale face peeked out above the covers of a white blanket, her eyes peacefully closed. It didn’t help ease my anxiety though. Fear dug painfully into my ribs as I recalled what the doctors had said.
Stable. They’d said she was stable for now. We would only know the extent of the damage when she woke up and they did a scan on her head. Stress had been the most likely factor in her fainting. “She needs a calm, stress-free environment,” the doctor had advised us.
Guilt tugged at me hard. Had I been the direct cause for Mum fainting by stressing her out? Please let her be okay. Please, please, please. It was a mantra I recited for well over an hour while Max stared at Mum, sighing loudly every few minutes. I could sense what he was thinking without him saying it.
We’d lost D
