AMY
I pushed the ward door open slowly, careful not to wake Zim in case he’d fallen asleep. Instead, I found him perched on the chair beside Dad’s bed, he looked up the second he heard me, his whole face lighting up.
“Mommy,you’re done?”
I nodded, forcing a tired smile. “Yeah, baby, twas a hell of a night.”
"What was all that noise? Looked like chaos out there, I saw a whole crowd down the hall.”
I dropped my bag onto the chair with a sigh, rubbing the back of my neck. “Yeah, there was a big accident. Multi-car pile-up.”
Zim’s eyes widened. “That’s why everyone was running? Looked crazy man. Did you see it?”
Lion was still awake, half-sitting against his pillows, the TV buzzing quietly with some boring late night sports highlights. He muted it when I came closer.
“You look like s**
