Jesse let out a small, choked sound, somewhere between a laugh and a sob. "Where there's life, there's hope, I guess," he said, because he was willing to cling to any hope, however small.
He felt the bottom of his stomach drop out. He wanted to ask, 'More or less than Jay?', but that wasn't his story to tell, and he didn't think had ever seen Jayden at his thinnest. Instead, he just steeled himself and asked, "Have they said when we might be able to see him?"