End of an Era (Book 7)

Tough Calls

|Tyler's POV|

I made my way up to the ICU. The nurses gave me privacy to sit with her. Seeing my wife laying there, I've never felt so helpless. Here I was, a doctor specialized in what she needed help with and I couldn't do anything. How could I have missed this?

"I'm so sorry, baby. I'm so sorry I failed you. Lord, please bring her back to me."

I held her hand and prayed for her healing. I kissed her lips and her forehead and knew it was time I made the hardest calls of my life. Going to the waiting room, there was Jamie and Brandon.

To not crowd the area, the rest of our family stayed down in the ER. Our girls refused to leave and the rest of our family didn't seem to be budging either. I'd be bringing the girls up to see their mother although I'd prefer not to.

"Ty..."

I turned to see Jamie.

"Yeah?"

"You want me to call anyone? Our parents? Siblings? Uncles?"

"If you could let Zach, Rory, Murphy, and Vaughn know what's going on, I'd appreciate that. As for your uncles, you could call them, too. I don't want to put too much on you, J. I think it's best I call your parents and of course, Logan."

"I'll make the call to the uncles. You need us to do anything else?" Brandon asked.

I shook my head.

They both stood up letting me know they'd be back in a little bit. I sat there, motionless for a few minutes before pulling out my phone. I called my in-laws first. It's always crazy for me to figure out which one of them to call. I decided on Ms. Stephanie. I didn't feel like I could face Mr. Paul right now. I felt like a failure of a husband at the moment and I didn't do my job in taking care of Izzy.

I felt my heart beating out of my chest waiting for Ms. Steph to answer.

Hello.

Hey, Ms. Steph. How are you?

I'm doing fine, Tyler, although you don't sound too good. What's going on?

I cleared my throat trying to check my emotions.

Uh, there was an accident this afternoon with Izzy and Mikayla.

Oh my God, are they alright?

Mikayla is fine, it's Izzy that's not. She passed out behind the wheel of the car. She was conscious when she made it to the hospital, but ended up having a seizure. After doing some testing, they found a uh... a tumor on her brain and she will need surgery to remove it. Right now she's in a medically induced coma and they're hoping to operate as soon as tomorrow.

I didn't hear anything at first.

Ms. Steph...

I'm still here. Paul and I will be there as soon as we can.

Alright.

Tyler.

Yes ma'am?

You stay strong for Izzy and the girls.

I'm trying my best.

See you soon, sweetheart. Love you.

Love you, too.

To think that call was difficult, I now had to inform our oldest. He answered after a few rings.

Hey, dad. I was just about to call you.