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Expecting the nurse, Jesska was surprised when a handsome young doctor entered Megan’s room. Tall with dark hair and hazel eyes. He looked more akin to a model than a doctor.
“I’m Dr. Hughes,” he said, and shook everyone’s hand. “I wanted to give you an update on Sophia.”
Megan sat up a little further. “Is she okay?”
“She’s great,” he said. “We expected there to be some internal bleeding, which there was, but we were able to get it under control quickly. All of her X-rays and the MRI are clear, so she’s in recovery right now. She has a small incision on her abdomen from our exploration, but I don’t think that will give her much of a problem. We’ll keep her for a couple of days, and then she should be able to go home.”
“When can I see her?” Megan asked.
“I can take you now, if you like. We can also put her in here with you when she wakes up.”
“Yes, that would be great,” Megan said.
“Can we come, too?” Jesska asked.
“No, I’m afraid just Mom this time. But you’ll be able to see her in a couple of hours.”
“You should go home, Jessie. Or back to work. I’ll call you if anything changes, okay?”
“Are you sure?” she asked.
Megan nodded. “Definitely. There’s no point in you sitting around here. We’re fine. A little banged up, but fine. Why don’t you come back tonight?”
“Okay, I will.” Jesska leaned down to kiss her cheek. “I love you. Kiss Soph for me, okay?”
“I will.”
Her father pulled her in for an awkward hug, kissing the crown of her head. “Let me know about next week, okay?”
Jesska nodded and headed out to her car. She found herself grabbing for Seth’s ring as she walked through the all-too-familiar halls of the hospital, her stomach roiling as memories flooded her. She sped up, almost to a run, and escaped the halls of death.
Arriving at her car, she slid inside and laid her head on the steering wheel. She couldn’t stop the tears. Didn’t even try. She still missed Seth, even after all this time, and she was convinced nothing would ever change.
Her phone rang. She considered ignoring it, but Cameron’s name came up, so she answered. “Hi, Cam.”
“Hey. You okay?”
“Yep,” she said, and wiped her cheeks. “What’s up?”
“They’re letting Jason out.”
“Megan told me.” She sighed. “When?”
“He’ll be out on Friday.”
“What? Really? Why so soon?”
“I don’t know the details, unfortunately. But he’ll have to wear an ankle bracelet and he’ll be on house arrest.”
“Is he going back to his grandparents’?”
“No, they died about five years ago.”
She bit her lip. “So, he’s lost everyone, then.”
“Yeah.”
“Good,” she said.
