Chapter Eight
Jessica burst into the waiting room of the Aurora Bay Hospital emergency room. She spotted Maya sitting with her head in her hands, elbows propped on knees. When Jessica reached her side, she saw that her friend had tears dripping onto her hands.
The sight shocked her.
She’d seen Maya cry before, of course; when she’d sprained her wrist, when she’d lost her sweet sixteen necklace, when she’d broken up with Lucas Holt in high school. But it didn’t happen often. The sight tore a hole right through her heart. She sat down next to Maya and put a comforting arm around her shoulders.
“Is he—“ She was so afraid that Harris might be gone that she couldn’t finish the question.
“He’s in there right now.” Maya lifted her face from her hands and wiped away her tears with the cuff of
