Arielle couldn't hear anything other than her beating heart while following Caleb on the stretcher. Everything else was just an unintelligible buzz to her. The nurse asking her questions. Her husband's friends consoling her. It was all a blur to her.
"I'm sorry, ma'am, but you are not allowed inside. We'll take care of him."
The nurse stopping her from going further into the ER wake her up from her trance. "No, no, no, please... I cannot leave him."
"I'm so sorry, ma'am." With that the nurse the the door to the ER.
"Arielle, it's okay." Damien hugging her.
She buried her face into his chest. "Tell me he's gonna be fine, please, Damien."
"He is, so stop crying. He's gonna be fine, your husband is much tougher than that."
"That's true." Raphael agreed, ushering them to the chairs on t
