Family Is Forever

5

At the Hospital with Stephanie and Bayley

"Hi i'm here to see Rebecca Lynch, my name is Stephanie Helmsley" Stephanie said to the receptionist behind the desk who was a nice blond lady with a pair of glasses and bright red lipstick.

"Oh little Rebecca, she is such a doll, really chipper for a girl in her situation" The lady said as she began typing into her computer, tilting her glasses ever so slightly as she paused to read"

"what do you mean situation?" Stephanie asked as her heart began to pick up

"Being in the hospital of course, but she is very lovely young lady. Can i ask your relation?"

"I...I um..."

"Stephanie!" Came a voice from the hall causing both Stephanie and her daughter to turn and see a tall woman walking towards them, dressed in a black and white pantsuit and heels about three inches high, "You're finally here. How was the flight? Did you eat breakfast yet, oh it doesn't matter we'll get you something to eat. Oh, I haven't told Rebecca you were coming yet, I thought it could be a cute little surprise. Where's Hunter?"

Finally pausing to look around the woman who was talking a mile a second finally spotted Bayley who was cowering slightly behind her mother at the loud women who towards over her and her mother, "Who is this little thing?"

"This is Bayley, my youngest, she is taking Hunter's place while he stays back and watches the other two" Stephanie reached behind her and pulled Bayley into her slightly causing the girl to hug her mother's leg and lean against her to look up at this women, "Babygirl this is ms. Sable, she's the social worker who is helping me adopt Rebecca, she travels around a lot and works all over the world helping children find homes."

"Hi Bayley" Sable said politely as she bent slightly down and reached her hand out for the young girl to shake

Bayley looked at the hand then up at her mother before she took Sable's hand and shook it with a small smile.

"Oh back to you Stephanie you are actually here right on time, Rebecca's is scheduled for surgery today and I was able to get it pushed back as safe as possible in order to give you enough time to get here and see her first" Sable said happily as she turned her focus back to the younger woman.

"Surgery? What kind of surgery?"

"I don't know all the details just yet but her doctor is in there with her now. She is just back this way, the last room to the left, I'll show you to her" With that Stephanie and Bayley followed this tall blond down towards the room, Bayley walking closely into her mother as she looked around at the signs and pictures along the halls.

Once they reached the door of the room the two adults looked in to see two doctors and a nurse standing around before they stopped while Bayley ignored them and walked right in bouncing on her toes. Stephanie went to hold her back but Sable waved it off and laughed before ushering her inside as well.

It was a double room made to hold two patients and their families with a long, green curtain separating the bed like a wall but only Rebecca was in it. There were two chairs sitting on the side of the bed and a small TV was hanging on the wall playing some show with the sound off. Rebecca was sitting up in the bed closest to the door, there were three tubes were sticking out of her, one in each of her arms and one protruding out of the side of her chest and an oxygen mask was placed on her face. She had what looked like an eye patch over her left eye from what Stephanie figured was from the damage to her eye socket and a nurse was changing her IV but stopped as Bayley walked up beside the hospital bed and began talking to Rebecca.

"Hi Becky...can I call you Becky, I can't really pronounce Reb-Rebec...your name, but my name is Bayley, I'm your new sister. Well one of them, there's also Sasha and Charlotte but you'll meet them when we get back. I'm so excited!" Bayley began talking quickly, slightly frightening both the nurse and Rebecca who instantly went to take off her oxygen mask but was stopped by the nurse.