Collapsing Into You

After the last round of tests, the nurses changed Lydia into an operating gown and wheeled her directly to the operating suite.

The silence before surgery was the only peace Serena found, and that made it unbearable. She ached for a comforting presence, any sign she was not alone.

She had not had one in years.

Ever since her dad walked out on her and her mother, she had been responsible for every