Unexpected Life

***Kaelen***

"Family of Marcella Hayes?"

Everyone sprang to their feet.

Evelyn surged forward first, eyes wide and frantic. "How is she?"

The doctor, a tall man in dark blue scrubs, gave a solemn nod as he took a clipboard from the nurse beside him. “The bullet ricocheted and struck a major artery. Time was on your side. If you'd arrived even a minute later, we’d be having a very different convers