Adam

Hazel clung to me, her face a mask of grief while the tears streamed down her face as we watched Williams battling for his life. A nurse rushed out and whisked us away to the waiting room.

After a while, William's father was summoned away for an urgent business meeting but promised to check in by the hour. Emily was nowhere to be found, and the waiting room was quiet and cold with a few people still hanging around. Exhausted by the whirlwind of emotions, Hazel slumped against me, her ...