Chapter 61: The coffee fairy has arrived

LENA

After getting a brief update from one of the nurses, Eric and I headed to the small waiting room down the hall. Fortunately, since it was a limited-purpose room, there were only two other people, and we took a long seat in the corner where I stretched out. When they'd called Mom had been in recovery coming off the anesthesia after the doctor successfully removed the infected tissue. They wanted to monitor her a while longer and run a few tests before she had any visitors, but at the moment, they believed her chances were good for a full recovery.

I tried not to dwell on what that might mean for her.

I lay across the seat, kicking my feet up over the arm and laying my head in Eric's lap. He laid his coat over me, and I stared up at the gray speckles in the white ceiling tiles for a while. When sleep came, it seemed to flutter in and out with the sounds and movement of the hospital.

Eric shifted slightly and the smell of coffee hit my nostrils. Fresh coffee, not that stale shit t