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.

her mother's face. "Mom.

trying to be soothingly soft and firm at once. "No,

Parker was teaching us," Emily murmured, confused

going to be fine, Emma whispered back, her

tears. I don't wanna die, Mommy, she whispered in that high-pitched voice as the crack shook

surge of fierce determination coursed through her. She reached out with a hand and

that happen. No one is yet gently, held Emily's gaze fast with hers-her eyes welling up with tears. "You will not die, Emily," she said,

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

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

The very thought of touching her foot again in Blackthorn soil sent a shiver down

silver platter. After some thinking, she settled on

watertight. She signed the referral document for Emily's treatment at Blackthorn Hospital and so set the wheels

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

heaviness of her mother's worry yet

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