Maddy buckled Diana into her car seat in record time, and spent the entire ride to the hospital with a white-knuckled grip on the door. She couldn't picture a world without Thomas in it, she just couldn't.
At the hospital, she hovered in the waiting room as Jamie and Lena went in. Jamie squeezed her hand once before going in, and his heart leaped into his throat when he saw his father in the bed. The whole scene looked like something out of a movie, but it wasn't, this was his life. He felt Lena grab his hand and he clung on for dear life, almost afraid to speak.