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?

firm at once. "No, baby, no one is dying.

remember Mrs. Parker was teaching us," Emily murmured, confused

be fine, Emma

whispered in that high-pitched

fierce determination coursed through her. She reached out with a

up with tears. "You will not die, Emily," she said, the full force of her emotion now making

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 kind of fear or bitterness she sought to hang onto

act now, no matter what that required. Her daughter came first, and she would do whatever was called for in order

go back to her homeland; the only thing that mattered now was her daughter's life. The very thought of touching her foot again in Blackthorn soil sent a shiver down her spine, but

some thinking, she settled on Smith as the last name and Carol for the first name. Common, ordinary, unmemorable-it was

documents: passports, medical files-everything to make her new identity absolutely watertight. She signed the referral document for Emily's treatment at Blackthorn Hospital and

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her sorrow unspoken. She would miss Emma and her grandchildren so much, yet Mrs. Walker knew what lay in the

feeling the heaviness of her mother's worry yet strengthened by

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