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.

searched her mother's face. "Mom. am sick again? Am I going

soothingly soft and firm at once. "No, baby, no one is dying. We're just here for a check-up.

Mrs. Parker was teaching us,"

sweetheart. Everything is going to be fine, Emma whispered back, her voice

she whispered in

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

not die, Emily," she said, the full force of her emotion now making her tone firm, her words almost a vow You are

the fragments of hesitation that she struggled

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

now was her daughter's life. The very thought of touching her foot again in Blackthorn soil sent a shiver down her spine,

like handing herself over on a silver platter. After some thinking, she settled on Smith as the last name and Carol for

new identity absolutely watertight. She signed the referral document for Emily's treatment at Blackthorn Hospital

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

promised, feeling the heaviness of her mother's worry yet strengthened by her support. "Thank you. for

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