Do Me A Favor

Valerie’s POV

I stared at Maisie's face. My voice remained trapped deep in my throat, choked off by a sudden, suffocating panic. I sat paralyzed on the edge of the hospital bed. Every muscle in my body tensed as I braced myself for the incoming shouting, the furious tears, the inevitable heartbreak a child feels when their fragile world shatters into pieces. I waited for her to scream. I waited f