Worth It

(51) Dianna

Cleo

The cops came a second after Zara was taken by him.

The guy who...

Stabbed my mother.

I can't believe that is something I am saying right now!

Fuck! He stabbed my mother!

Before I realize it I'm crying into the arms of my dad who has been nothing but stone-cold. He cradles my head in his arms and kisses my hair.

He's in shock. He never knew his affair with my mom would get out this way.

"Sweetie." Dad says and I look up to see a guy dressed as a doctor with a clipboard and we both rush to him.

"What happened? Is she okay?" We both ask at the same time. Practically jumping over each other's words.

"Are you the husband?" He asks my dad and before he can answer with a no, I butt in.

"I'm the daughter. Tell me." I insist.

The doc looks from me to my dad before nodding.

"Her veins had been severed, causing a significant blood loss. We were lucky the ambulance got there when they did." What's he saying?

"Is she alive?" I ask before he can go on with his doctor mambo-jumbo.

"Yes." I let out a sigh of relief and before I know it my dad and I are both crying and holding onto each other. "But," The doc interrupts our happiness and we both pull out of each other's embrace to listen. "She is in a coma. We don't know if she will make it, but we are doing the best we can and your mother is a fighter. It is honestly a miracle she made it through this far. There is hope."

Hope.

I guess that will have to be enough for now.

"Can I see her?" I ask him. He nods and looks to my father in question.

"I can go, too?" He asks in surprise. 

"Just for a minute. To see how she is doing." The doc nods.

Dad takes my hand and we follow the doctor. My baby sister, Charlotte, is currently being taken care of by a nurse in one of the rooms until we can see her as well.