Her arms closed around her only daughter. Shannon squeezed her eyes closed tight, when it grew harder to keep her own tears in check. She almost gave in the moment she heard the depth of sorrow in Katherine's voice. But she sucked in a thick breath, and leveled herself off. She needed to have a clear head.
"All the note said was 'He's okay an occasionally put the bones back together'?" She knew there had been more but that only pertained to what they needed now.