JANICE'S POV
The automatic hospital doors slide open before I reach them. "Where is he?"
The nurse behind the desk looks up immediately and recognizes me. "Room 314."
I'm already moving before she finishes speaking, my shoes strike the floor too fast.
The hallway blurs around me and room numbers flash past. Voices, machines, doctors, one of it matters, only Jack. I reach the room breathless and push through the door.
Jack looks up from the hospital bed. "Hi, Mama." The sound nearly drops me to my knees, I cross the room immediately.
My hands find his face, hair and shoulders. Checking, making absolutely sure. "You scared me."
"I know." His voice is small. "I'm sorry mommy." The apology hurts worse than the hospital room because he's five years old.
Five-year-olds shouldn't apologiz
