Her love

Chapter 17

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Kat POV

"Kat, wake up." Santi gently shakes me awake. "Kat, something's wrong with Tinny."

I slowly sit up in his bed and look at him. "Hmm? What happened? Is he okay?"

Santi leaves my side, hurriedly pulling on his clothes. I follow his lead getting out of his bed and finding my clothes.

"He is in the hospital, my mom called she's with him. He fainted suddenly, she didn't tell me the details." I can hear the concern in his voice.

I pull my braids into a quick bun and look at him. "Everything is going to be okay."

He nods and I wrap my arms around him. He squeezes me for a minute kissing my head, before stepping back.

"Let's go."

I nod following him out the door.

The car ride is quiet, anxiety and worry radiating off of him in waves.

I squeeze his hand, to let him know I'm here and distract him a little. But even after he returns gesture, the crinkle between his brows remains. A knot settles in my stomach as I think about the very thing I needed to tell him. My free hand absently settles on my stomach and a small sigh leaves me.

We pull into the hospital parking lot, heading to the Pediatric floor. My eyes linger on the sign to OBGYN. It was wholly ironic to end up at the hospital on my day off.

"Mama!" Santi calls out.

"Mijo! Su hermana todavía está trabajando dijo que se detendrá cuando pueda. (Your sister is still working she said she will stop by when she can.) " She exclaims hugging Santi in relief then turning to give me a brief hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"¿Qué está pasando? (What's going on?) Can we see him." Santi asks looking into the hospital room.

"No se pero quieren darle cirugía No entiendo lo que siguió diciendo. (Idk but they want to give him surgery! I don't understand what she kept saying.)"

"¿Cuál era su nombre? (What was his name?)" Santi asks his mom.

"Faller. Dr. Faller. Soy la enfermera Emily. (I'm nurse Emily.)" The nurse walking towards us.

"You must be her other son." She reaches out shaking Santi's hand then mine. "I apologize Dr. Faller is not fluent in Spanish, she asked me here to translate, but I don't think I'll be needed."

She turns her back to us walking off as the doctor makes way to us.

"Hello, I was trying to communicate with, Mrs. Gonzales but I couldn't and I didn't want to create a misunderstanding. I have a very rudimentary understanding of Spanish. I heard her say another son, I was bit confused." She explains.

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Santi POV

"That's fine, I understand. What is going on with Tinny?"

"Your brother is a type B Hemophilica, he is missing a clotting protein. Right now he has blood bleeding into his joints and brusing in different places." She pauses and glances to my mother then back at me.