They wouldn’t let me into the room until the attending physician finished his evening rounds.I got up and walked to the small glass window in the double doors.
I could just see the edge of Lily’s bed down the hall.
A thin white blanket covered her small body.
She had her stuffed rabbit tucked tight under her chin.
Her chest rose and fell in a steady, even rhythm.
That quiet movement was the only thing keeping me anchored to the floor.
I walked back to the hard plastic chair and sat down.
I took my phone out of my uniform pocket, opened my contacts, and tapped Derek’s name.“Let him talk first,” Marcus said.
“Ask simple questions.”
The line rang four times.
I figured it would go to voicemail.
Then the call connected.
A huge wall of noise poured out of the tiny phone speaker.
Bass pounded out a heavy beat.
