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Unbearable.
I long for the serenity of Mémé once more, for her arms around me, for—
I open my eyes and look up at the surgeons, except they’re not surgeons. They’re nurses. They smile at me and tell me that everything went well. I smile back, but I know that they do not understand what I have just experienced. For me, it was a journey unlike any other—a journey I will never forget.
Chapter Forty-Four
Mary
I don’t hear from Yvette again, and I don’t have the number for Ronan’s parents.
They won’t be able to get here for at least twenty-four hours, being overseas and all.
But perhaps Yvette can make it by this afternoon or evening.
Normally I love wearing corsets, but it’s become binding and uncomfortable. I long to take it off, to breathe.
But I can’t leave.
Can’t leave until I know he’s okay.
Time passes in a warp.
People walk in slow motion, and then quickly as if I’m above them, on a different point in time.
My imagination has taken over, and my eyes aren’t working properly.
Hours.
The clock on the wall says noon.
And then one.
I should call Trish. I may lose my job, but I don’t care right now.
I can’t talk to anyone. I can’t give her the reason why I’m not at work.
That will make it too real.
“Ronan O’Connor?”
Dr. Ludwig stands near the doorway.
Oh God…
No.
Please no.
I stand.
Walk toward her.
She removes her surgical mask. “The surgery went well, Miss…”
“Sandusky.” I heave a sigh of relief.
“We were able to repair the damage to his organs. But we did find an anomaly.”
