I watched the nurses enter their notes into the computer on the wall.

The quiet in the room felt heavy, broken only by the steady beat of the machines and the squeak of rubber soles on the linoleum.

I kept my hand firmly over Emma’s.

I wasn’t going to let a message take my attention off her again.

A tall man in a white coat came into the room.

He introduced himself as Doctor Lewis.

“I have the imaging results,” Doctor Lewis said.