Chapter 53

Lucy felt scared. She sat in one of the waiting room chairs at the hospital, right next to her father. Her heart was pounding heavily, almost discontented. It hurt and created a big knot in her throat. Looking at the clock on the wall once again, she sighed.

"Stay calm," she felt her father's fingers reassure her, transmitting calmness. "It won't take much longer."

"It's been over forty minutes, and she's still in that operating room."

"Your mother is sedated, she won't feel anything, so it will be over soon."

Her feet tapped the floor at a frenetic pace. She couldn't think of anything other than the fact that part of her mother's trachea was being invaded at that moment, and a tiny piece of the tumor was being removed for further studies, so they could treat it better. To free her mother from it.

Her phone was filled with good messages, her friends always sending positive energy