Shadows Of A Forgotten Spring

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

She sat by Emily's bedside, sinking in a storm of thoughts about the hospital, then felt a little squeeze on her hand. She looked down; a small, fragile smile appeared as sleepy eyes opened.

"Mom, where am I?" The voice was soft, confused, from Emily.

Emma gave a reassuring smile and brushed a hand over Emily's hair. "You're at the hospital, sweetheart. How do you feel?"

"Mais. I was at school," Emily murmured, her face scrunched up in confusion. Emma's heart ached with her innocence. She swallowed hard, fighting back the tears threatening to spill. "Yes, you were, baby: But you needed just a little check-up, so I brought you here while you were sleeping" Emily pouted, looking around the sterile hospital room. "But I hate hospitals."

Emma let out a soft laugh; she wanted to lighten the mood. "I know, I hate hospitals too. We both do-that's something we

have in common."

"Where's Ethan?" Emily asked, her voice barely above a whisper

"He's at home, safe and sound," Emma replied, squeezing her daughter's hand to give her comfort.

face. "Mom. am sick again? Am I going to

but she forced a smile, trying to be soothingly soft and firm at once. "No, baby, no one is dying. We're just here for a check-up.

was in class. I remember Mrs. Parker was teaching us," Emily murmured, confused as if piecing things

sweetheart. Everything is going to be fine, Emma whispered

I don't wanna die, Mommy, she whispered in that high-pitched

fierce determination coursed through her.

gaze fast with hers-her eyes welling up with tears. "You will not die, Emily," she said, the full force of her emotion now making her tone firm, her words

steady reassurance soothing her small sobs. Emma rose to her feet, her heart racing with the whirlwind of her mind. The words from her daughter finally broke down the fragments of hesitation that she struggled to hold on to. She had sworn never to return to Blackthorn, but her daughter's life was much more priceless than some grudge, more than any

solidified in Emma's mind. She needed to act now, no matter what that required. Her daughter came first,

thing that mattered now was her daughter's life. The

After some thinking, she settled on Smith as the last name and Carol for the first name. Common,

document for Emily's treatment at Blackthorn Hospital

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Walker knew what lay in the balance. She hugged her daughter tightly, her eyes clouded with

of her mother's worry yet strengthened by

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