who I haven’t been able to hug and let her know
that I’m here.
The door opens slowly and Patrick’s head pops
around it.
“How did you—”
“Shh,” he says, putting his finger to his lips and
giving me one of his ‘pleased with himself’ smiles.
He comes in the room and lets all the others
come in too. Jay is with him and so are Aaron and
Liam and all of them seem to have a guilty
expression on their faces.
“You guys? What the heck?”
“Patrick knows how to be very convincing,” Jay
says, winking at me before lowering the bar on the
bed.
Liam comes to the other side doing the same
and smiling at me, and Aaron stands guard at the
door.
“All clear,” he says, making a sign for us to
move. Patrick goes behind me and starts pushing
the bed towards the door.
“Are you ready?” he asks, kissing my forehead.
“Ready for what?”
“To meet your daughter.”
~ ~ ~
We go along the semi-deserted corridor. The few
nurses we pass wink at us as we go. I imagine that
Patrick must have used a bit of his charm to get us
this little favor.
We get to the window but I am lying down and
