Ashley's pov

*next day*

I had not slept. My back ached from slouching while sleeping on an uncomfortable chair beside Blake yesterday before his parents arrived. Ryn and Ace had arrived hours after the doctor left me in the room. Their faces full of grief as they peered at their son.

Darkness had soon taken over the room and the time for visiting hours had come to an end. Ryn and Ace did not mind that I wanted to stay overnight. They promised to come back early and went to stay at a ...