Chapter 148

Erik's POV 

“Phone call for you, Erik,” Susan said while she held the phone at the nurses’ station.

It was Christmas Eve, and I hadn’t expected anyone to call me. Pretty much I didn’t expect anyone to call me on any day that I had been there, but on a couple of occasions, my friends from back in San Francisco had called to chat. And of course, Spencer had called a few times, as well.

“Hello,” I said with hesitation.

“Hey,” the voice said.

Instantly, I knew it was my brother Heath. Then all I could think about was that something must have happened to our father. Heath wouldn’t have willingly called me if he didn’t have horrible news. I took a deep breath and prepared myself.

“What’s up?” I asked.

“Nothing much. Dad said you called the other day.”

Yeah, I had called like a week earlier, was what I wanted to say. But that was the old me; instead, I tried to be thankful that he was calling now. I loved my brother; I loved my father. T