Bruce's POV

Emma's fever spiked to 104 degrees at midnight and nothing I tried brought it down. Medication and cool baths and every comfort measure Margaret suggested failed to help. She just kept crying and reaching for someone who was not there.

The doctor said it was just a virus when I called in a panic. The doctor said that rest, fluids, and time would heal her. But the reassurance did nothing to calm the terror clawing through my chest.

I had already lost so much in my life. My mother ...