CHAPTER 20
Lacy couldn’t remember feeling so nervous before. Not during any of her theater auditions or college exams. Not on her first date with Kurtis or the night on the pier when she thought Raphael was going to propose to her.
Sandy pulled Lacy’s car into the parking lot of Sacred Heart Hospital. “Take all the time you need, sweetie. I’ll just take a walk and give my legs a good stretch.”
Lacy nodded. At least Anchorage was smart enough to spray for mosquitoes, so the bugs weren’t that unbearable.
Her legs were weak as she took one tentative step after another into the main entrance of Sacred Heart. Her stomach quivered as if her body was afraid she’d be admitted again, operated on, and sent home with meds that turned her brain to fuzz but only took a slight edge off her pain. She
