Sleeping With The CEO

In all honesty, most of what the doctor had said had gone right over Jane’s head. All that she knew was that their children had made it out of their surgeries. The doctors had no idea when they would wake up, and that Derek and Emily were sharing a room. Being as close to each other as possible, because it seemed that being within each other’s close proximity helped to stabilize them. As far as Jane was concerned, the most important words that had come out of the man who’d introduced himself as Dr Arlington’s mouth had been ’they are alive, they are recovering,’

After that she had stayed in place mostly out of stunned relief, too shocked to move yet. The moment that the feeling had worn off. She had been ready to go. Which was why she did not mind when the doctor finally led them to Emily and Derek’s room. Jane might have been imagining things, but it seemed as though the man was...excited.

Deciding that she was reading too much into it, Jane let it slide.

She and Cassandra were walking hand in hand. But this time they were not clinging to each other in fear. They were doing so out of hope, and only a tiny little bit of worry if Jane were being honest.

They had been told not to be shocked by the initial state of their kids and Jane knew that people, especially when their injuries were still fresh. Often looked way worse than they actually were. But despite knowing all of that.

There was nothing in the world that could have prepared her for the state that her daughter was in, when they walked into the room. It was a cold comfort to realise that she was not the only one who was unprepared given the shocked gasp, and the strangled cry that had come from Cassandra.

The two of them instantly letting go to rush to their respective children. The doctor’s voice muted in the background until the man finally realized that he was intruding and left them alone.

With the doctor gone, Jane looked over at Cassandra and found the other woman looking at her as well. And then, after a silent nod of understanding, both their eyes glistening with unshed tears.