Nine
Sedona
Having emergency surgery puts a lot of things in perspective. As I lie in the hospital bed, Holly and Austin are tucked in the corner with their newborn daughter, Harper, my thoughts drift back to when they told me I was going in for a C-section. That Harper was in distress and they needed to get her out.
Austin and Holly hugged and decided she’d be the one to stay with me. I saw the tug-of-war in Austin’s eyes. Sure, his primary concern was Harper, but his second was me. How fast things can change and become beyond your control.
I felt the fear too. What if something happened to me? What would happen to Palmer? Sure, my family would raise her, but Jamison would have a right to her too.
I watch them smile and nuzzle Harper closer. Holly’s tears only controllable for short
