Twenty

~EMMA~

Raya was a sweetheart and understood that I needed to go since it was an emergency. She offered to give me a ride, and it was one I didn’t take for granted.

I entered the car with a grateful heart as she sped to the hospital, giving her a quick thank you before I slammed the door and ran into the Saint Browns hospital.

My heart was already in my throat; I felt like I was being thrown underwater; I couldn’t breathe; and my only thought was my mother. I just hoped she was alright. God, why am I always far away when something happens to her?

I finally reached her wing to see that her room had been emptied. The nurse on duty informed me that she had been taken to the neurodepartment. "Please be ok, please be ok.”

I muttered as I reached the emergency surgery ward. They were still in surgery, and I couldn’t stop the tears that ran from my eyes. Yes, they were finally doing the surgery to help my mom, but I was so scared.

What if the time I wasted looking for the money had affected