Chapter 100

Nora POV

I grip the steering wheel so hard my knuckles turn white as I speed through the city streets, David in the passenger seat beside me.

"Turn left at the next light," he says quietly, glancing at his phone's GPS. "It'll shave off a few minutes."

I nod without speaking and make the turn, the hospital coming into view ahead. My mind races with possibilities, each one worse than the last. I brushed Lucy's fever the other night off as a bug, but the fact that the doctor wanted to speak about it in person... it changes everything.

I park in the first spot I see, not caring if it's legal, and we're out of the car before the engine fully stops.

David keeps pace with me as we hurry through the sliding doors into the bright, sterile lobby. The smell of antiseptic hits me immediately, br