She arrived at the hospital, threw the money to the motorcyclist, and hurried inside. She approached a nurse and explained, "I am Mrs. Zachary's daughter. My mother was just admitted."
"She is in the OR," the nurse pointed at the operating room. "Wait for the doctor," the nurse added.
Kaylee's legs felt brittle. She could barely move. She was focused on the door and kept re-reading the sign: OPERATING ROOM.
"They are operating on Mom," she muttered. She scoffed and burst into tears. She walked to the waiting chairs and sat there, crying alone.
After her cries subsided, she remembered being told, "Your father is already here" during the call. She walked back to the nurse.
"Nurse, please, where is my father?"
"Your father?"
"Yes, I am Mrs. Zachary's daughter!"
"Oh, he was here a while ago, before you came."
"Oh----"
The door to the operating room opened, and the doctors came out. Kaylee hurried to one of them. "How is she? How is my mother??"
He looked as if he had been hit with a brick.
"I am sorry, the operation wasn't successful."
"What do you mean it wasn't successful? I waited here for more than an hour, and it wasn't successful? Jeez! What condition is she in now?"
"Condition?" He looked at his colleague.
"Yeah,"
"It wasn't successful. That is, we--- we lost her."
"I still don't understand."
"She died."