The hospital smelled like antiseptic and cold metal, and Lynn hated it the second she stepped through the doors. Marcus stayed close to her, guiding her gently as though she might collapse again at any moment. She felt like she might. Her legs were shaky, her chest tight, and her hands wouldn't stop trembling.
Everything inside her felt wrong.
Alex was here, hurt and fighting for his life, how could everything not be wrong when she didn't wake up that morning with him by her side telling her hw much he loved her and the baby.
She still couldn't fully understand how it happened. One minute, she had been in the living room, trying not to panic because it was already past midnight. The next minute, Marcus took that phone call, the call that shattered everything.
She could still hear the sound his voice made when he said Alex's name… the way it broke."
