The Hospital Called About A Boy Who Listed Me As His Emergency Contact Until I Walked Into His Room And Everything Changed

to look away. I’m asking you to see my son now.

Rachel.

My hands were shaking. The paper made a faint sound against itself.

Oliver was watching me with dark, careful eyes. “Is Mom okay?”

Children are perceptive in ways adults forget, or perhaps remember too well and choose to work around. He already knew something was wrong. The question wasn’t really continue reading …