"Okay sweetie," Sarah gives me another tight hug.
"Are you sure you will be okay?" I ask her again.
She laughs, "I raised you and your sister, I'm sure Lacey here will be a peach."
Lacey is watching tv, watching Mickey Mouse. She's on the couch, half asleep. I walk over to her and give her forehead a kiss.
"Bye mom."
"Bye Ash, I love you."
"I love you too."
I walk out the house just as my phone rings.
"Hello?" I say as I press the phone to my ear.
"Ash, there has been an accident." I hear Harry's voice.
"What do you mean?" I can feel my heart stopping.
"Liam."
"What do you mean Liam?"
"Liam is in the hospital on life support."
I feel tears stream down my face and I can no longer breathe.
"What happened?!" I yell.
"He has cancer cells.. And they're moving rapidly.."
I start to sob, no. This can't be happening.
"So what do I do? Am I coming back? I'll take a fight up."
"Right now the boys and I are in Ohio, they have the best doctors in America working with him, prepping him for a surgery."
"Oh my god." I start to shake and I lose it. "Ash, let me come down and get you... You can't drive." I can hear the pain in Harry's voice.
"Are you sure?" I say, no longer caring about me sobbing.
"I'll take the next flight there and we can ride back in your car, the surgery begins in an hour and he can't be seen by only family and they're across the sea."
"Okay, okay."
"I'll see you soon Ash."
"Okay Harry."
I hang up before opening the door. My mom is playing with Laceys hair on the couch. As soon as she sees me I start to sob again. She stands up and walks to me.
"Ash, what's wrong?" She gives me a hug.
"Liam is in the hospital with cancer and he's about to get a risky surgery done." I start to sob in her.
"Baby, calm down." She shushes me.
"It's going be okay Ash."
"No it isn't mom- I'm going lose him again but he isn't coming back this time."
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Turning Tables l.p (COMPLETED)
FanfictionWhen Ashleigh Adams turned five, her life fell apart and she was sent into foster care. She's been in multiple foster homes, each one rejecting her for her PTSD. But when she is fourteen years old, a single mother in America wants to adopt her. When...
