Chapter 20 : Facing Facts

**Cat POV

"Mom, Mom!" I cried. I tried shaking her, but she still wouldn't respond.

"What happened?" one of the construction workers asked, coming up to me.

He knelt down, putting a hand on my back. He grabbed my mother's wrist.

"She just passed out," I said, hyperventilating.

The construction worker frowned slightly.

"Is she okay? What's wrong?" I asked.

"She's unconscious, but her pulse is strong. Is there somewhere we can take her to get her more comfortable?" he asked.

"Um… yeah, the guest house at Mr. Carter's," I said, pointing back to the house.

"I've got her," the construction worker said. He picked my mom up so easily, carrying her bridal style back to the guest house.

He instructed the other construction workers to get back to work.

I hurried after him. He must have been the foreman or something, overseeing the construction crew.

"I'm sorry if this disrupts your workday," I said, not sure what else to say.

"We'll get the job done," he ass