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To have my family.
Nurse Ana set a box of tissues beside JoJo, who knocked it away.
There weren’t enough tissues in the world to dry her tears.
The distance between JoJo and me was only an arm’s length. So close, yet I couldn’t find the strength to cross the space to comfort her.
She needed me, and I couldn’t be there. I was paralyzed with grief.
No one had formally said the words to me.
They didn’t have to.
Penelope was gone.
CHAPTERTWENTY-TWO
JOJO
No breath.
No life.
Only pain.
So much pain.
CHAPTERTWENTY-THREE
KANE
“She’s breathing!”
Dr. Hotshot burst from the operating room, nearly tripping on us.
JoJo didn’t look up, but I jolted to my feet. He seemed unfazed to find us there.
“I wouldn’t stop. She’s breathing and barely stable but she’s breathing.”
This was the first show of emotion I’d ever seen from the man. He wasn’t clinical. He was elated.
“She’s alive?” I asked carefully. The scare of this entire day had me wary.
But hope was a powerful thing and it overtook some of my fear.
“Yes. And we’ve stopped the internal bleeding.”
More relief flooded me.
“What’s the prognosis?”
He threw his hands up. “I don’t know. One minute at a time.”
The professionalism was gone. But I respected his candor and passion.
“What now?”
“We keep her in the operating room as a makeshift ICU room until she’s more stable. Then twenty-four-hour watch.” He glanced behind him. “I need to get back to Dr. Stein. He’s monitoring her post-surgery so I could update you.”
