My Best Friend

The Hospital

Cami's POV

My momma doesn't remember what happened next since she was knocked unconscious, but someone must have called for help because an ambulance came and took all three of us to the hospital to be checked out. I had managed to shield Connor as best as I could so he only had some scrapes and bruises. My leg was broken but momma suffered the most. I was reading the book momma had put in her bag for me to have when she was working when my nurse came in and asked,
"Camryn, do you know anyone that your mom would want us to call?"
"Well, there's my grandparents, her parents, but momma doesn't like them anymore. But the only other person is my brother's daddy. Only momma hasn't talked to or seen him in 4 years not since I was 3."

"Do you know what his phone number is?" The nurse asked.
"No, but it's in momma's phone. Can I be the one to call him? He'd remember me and he'd answer if he thought momma was calling," I asked.
She brought me the phone and I scrolled through momma's contacts looking for the right one. When I found it, I pushed "call".
"Hello, Kenz?"
"Mr. Joe? Is that you?"

"Who is this?"
"It's Cami," I started sobbing.
"Cami, what happened? Where's your momma?" Joe started to sound worried.
"It was a car accident. I'm fine, my brother's fine, but momma hasn't woken up yet. The nurse wanted to know who they could call," I explained.

"So, you thought to call me," Joe said, "And you remember me from before you and your momma moved back east?
"Yes," I was still shaking a little, "I'm scared that momma might not wake up. And I know that my momma was happier back then when you were around."
"Really? I'm coming out there, Cami, don't worry anymore. Where are you?"
"We live in Baltimore now." I told him. And I told him which hospital we were in.

Joe's POV
I hung up the phone, promising her that I'd come right out. I immediately called the airport and got a seat on the next available flight into Baltimore. As I hung up the phone, I realized I was a little scared. I hadn't seen Kenzie in 4 years, hadn't talked to her in 3, not since that phone call when she told me she was pregnant and then that letter when she said she couldn't come home or her parents would take Camryn away from her. I understood why she left, but...wait, hadn't Cami said her brother was fine? Could that be my son?

Narrator's POV
As Joe was headed for the airport to catch his flight, Kenzie was still in surgery to relieve pressure on her brain. She was just being rolled back into recovery as Joe was landing at BWI airport. Rob came with him and had a car rented and waiting for them when they landed. Rob went to park the car in the hospital lot while Joe walked into the lobby and asked the lady at the front desk,
"Hi, I'm here to see Mackenzie Davis, apparently she was brought in after a car accident."

"Yes," she answered after typing something into her computer, "She just came out of surgery. She's in a recovery room on the second floor."
Joe went to the elevator and rode it the 2nd floor and walked to the nurses station.

"Hi, you're here to see Miss Davis," a nurse walked up to him, "The front desk called up here to let us know you were coming. Follow me, Miss Davis is in room 3 right down here." She led him to the room and said she'd be back later to check on Mackenzie.
Joe was determined that he was going to stay there until Kenzie woke up.