We have stabilized both of the newborns, the twins are receiving care and they are holding their own.

But Gemma is in serious trouble, and it is happening quickly.

We are doing everything we can.

I need the two of you to prepare yourselves for the possibility of the worst.” Prepare yourselves for the worst.

I heard the words, and some distant clinical part of my mind noted their meaning and filed it, while the rest of me simply refused.

I would not prepare for the worst.