Chapter 12: Breaking Point

*Warning- there is the use of strong language in this chapter. *Readers discretion is advised*

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Only soft hiccups could be heard as he had his arms around her in comfort.

She took the meeting with his friends well. Better than he'd expected. And he was proud of that.

Michael stared at his phone on the hospital bed. It was ringing.

Rose shifted from his embrace and sat up on hearing the ring.

Michael sighed internally when he saw the caller ID.

"Who is it?" Rose asked softly, noticing his unease. She sniffed, wiping the remainder of her tears away.

"It's my father. He wants me home for an errand." He picked the call and got up to answer outside.

Apparen,tly she fainted in the early hours of the morning and having no doctor or nurse yet at the newly constructed school clinic, the school had to take her to the hospital.

It was now around 3:00 in the afternoon. School would have been over awhile. He should have been home by now, but he'd stayed with her.