Surrender
~~ Okay, this chapter is kinda happy and kinda cute so i hope you enjoy before the big bomshell of fate comes in the next chappie..hehe..ENJOY!!:)~~
“ How’s the neck?”
Mike looked up from his steaming cup of coffee and lowered his eyes at his chuckling wife. “ It’s fine.”
“ Bullshit…I can see how stiff you are.” She smiled and walked around behind him.
“ I said I’m fine.” He muttered and took a small sip of the bubbling drink.
Anna continued staring at him for several seconds until he finally snapped.
“ Okay fine, it hurts like hell but then again you wanted me to strain my neck against that God awful couch.” He explained.
Anna grabbed his coffee mug and took a large gulp, still staring at him. “ Ouch.” She hissed sarcastically.
“ And thank you for stealing my coffee…” he replied with a fake smile.
“ It’s a love hate relationship…get used to it.” She muttered and put the empty mug in the sink.
“ So are you going to attach a collar around my neck and drag my around the house too?” he asked bitterly.
Obviously the fighting hadn’t stopped since yesterday but at leased they weren’t physically abusing each other this time. Anna stared at him in thought and crossed her arms.

“ I must say that’s extremely tempting but unfortunately Laura needs her medication and gee guess what? It’s your turn to wrestle with her over the needle.” She explained with a large smile…her tone becoming even bitterer with each word.
Mike lowered his eyes and let out a heavy sigh, proceeding towards the stairs. “ Did I mention how sorry I am for what I did to you both?”
“ You’re not getting out of it Michael…and no as a matter of fact, you didn’t say you were sorry at all.”
“ I didn’t?” he asked with surprise and watched Anna nod slowly.
“ You didn’t even beg for forgiveness. Where the hell’s my groveling?” she demanded with insult.
“ So what, you want me to get down on my knees right now?” he asked.
“ Well, if you did…you might get a few weeks shaved off of that ‘sleeping on the couch’ thing.”
“ How long were you going to make me sleep there?” he demanded with an arched brow.
Anna looked up in thought and squinted a little. “ Six months…BUT if you beg for forgiveness now, I’ll cut it down to five.”
“ Five is still too long!” He argued in disbelief.
“ I can make it longer.” She snapped with a hiss.
Mike eyed her with a look of ‘ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?’.” He couldn’t believe that she’d force the person she loved to sleep on the couch for five months, all the while threatening to make it longer.
“ What the hell kind of wife are you anyway?” he spat.
Anna glared at him and leaned against the centre island. “ You know what? I guess on my way home from picking up the groceries, I could pick up some divorce papers while I’m at it…would that make you happier?” she demanded.
Mike growled under his breath and watched Anna’s eyes move away from him and suddenly look up the stairs. Mike turned around, wondering what she was looking at and spotted Laura wobbling weakly down the steps. Each step was careful and slow, planned meticulously so that she wouldn’t fall over.
She gripped the banister so tightly, he knuckles became white and she stared down at her parents with a pale face and a weary expression.
“ Laura, what are you doing out of bed?” Anna asked with worry.
“ C-couldn’t sleep…” was all that came out of her mouth. Mike reached for her arm and gently guided her down the last few steps. She gripped him tightly and blinked away the dizzying world around her.
“ You want to sit down?” Mike asked, then heard a sudden snort from Anna.
Of course she wanted to sit down. Laura leaned into him heavily and gave a small nod as he pulled her towards the couch and sat her down.
“ You know, I really miss her sarcasm.” He breathed and turned back to Anna.
“ Yeah I’ll bet…” she muttered.
Mike frowned and approached her slowly, crossing his arms. “ What the hell was THAT supposed to mean?”
“ Well you two always fought with each other over the stupidest things and now that she has barely got any brain power left, you are fighting with me and making MY life a living hell.” She explained angrily.
“ So now it’s a competition? Seeing who can fight with whom the longest?” he demanded.
Laura watched them from the couch and gave a small worried frown.
“ You certainly seem to enjoy it.” Anna scoffed under her breath.
Mike gave a loud growl and approached her quickly.
“ What are you going to do? Slap me? Hit me over the head with a frying pan?” she demanded.
Mike stared at her with an intense stare for several seconds before slowly closing his eyes. Anna furrowed her brow as she watched Mike slowly drop to his knees and lower his head.
Laura lifted her head a little more to see over the top of the couch. She watched as her father gave a heavy sigh and then grabbed Anna’s hands within his own. He didn’t say anything for a while and just left a very confused Anna standing there, wondering why her husband was suddenly on his knees, and holding her hand.
Then finally he spoke with a soft and gentle voice, raising his eyes to meet hers.
“ I’m sorry…”
Anna blinked quickly, not believing her own ears. They were just fighting ten seconds ago…why the sudden peace? “ Say again?” she asked with an arched brow.
“ Please forgive me…I’ll do anything…I just don’t want to sleep on that damn couch for the rest of my life and it really hurts.” He whined.
Anna almost smiled but forced herself to keep the bubbling happiness from rising. He just looked so damn cute with the pouty lip and big brown eyes. He shuffled forward a little more and let his bottom lip pout even more, making his eyes grow wider so that he could look as adorable as possible.
Anna could barely hold back a giggle as he gripped her hands softly.
“ I can’t live without waking up next to you in the morning…and I must say, sleeping on that couch hurts me emotionally…if I have to sleep on that for one more night, I may cry…and its not going to be pretty…” he warned with a gentle voice.
Anna tried to stop her cheeks from burning but couldn’t and could already feel a smile twitching its way around the corner of her lips.
“ Please forgive me…pwetty pwetty pwease?”
She couldn’t hold the giggle back for much longer and lowered her head, letting out the small laugh. Mike gave a large smile that caused his dimples to grow. Anna pulled him up slowly and gave him a small kiss on the lips.
“ Dammit…I really thought I could control myself that time.” She growled.
“ Too bad you married the cutest guy on the planet…now you’re doomed to laugh and giggle for the rest of your life.” He explained with a chuckle.
Anna smiled and wrapped her arms around him while staring into his sparkling eyes.
“ So what’s the verdict? Will I have to sleep on that rock forever or will you let me come back to the feathery white comforter and pillows?” he asked.
Anna sighed with thought and gave a crooked smile. “ I don’t know…Laura what do you think?”
Mike frowned and stared at his daughter who suddenly perked up from the slouching couch.
“ Huh?”
“ Do you think your dad should keep sleeping on the couch or should he get to sleep in his own bed?” Anna asked cheerfully.
Mike rolled his eyes and gave a short gasp. “ Anna, she’s a child. She can’t make this kind of decision by herself…she needs help…specifically from me.” He smiled and jumped onto the couch, staring at his daughter with expectation.
“ Tell your mom you want me to go back to the bed.” He stated slowly.
Laura gave a small smile and glanced at her mother who was shaking her head with a fake frown.
“ Anna, I can see that.” Mike warned.
“ I was just shaking out my hair…and not in any way trying to influence her decision.” She explained and then mouthed the words NO to Laura who giggled softly.
Mike lowered his eyes and got right back on track. “ Laura…you wouldn’t want your poor and not to mention handsome father to sleep on the couch now would you?” he asked with a small pout.
Laura hummed in thought and smiled evilly. “ Maybe…”
“ Come on…I’m your dad…you are supposed to be daddy’s little girl. Tell your mom I’m sleeping in the bed.” He pressured softly with a growing smile.
“ Mmmm…no!” she exclaimed cheerfully as Mike let out a gasp in disbelief, hearing Anna laughing hysterically.
“ No? You’re supposed to take my side.” He muttered in defeat.
Laura patted him on the head and smiled with bright eyes. “ No.”
Mike growled playfully and attacked her with tickles, sending her falling backwards softly full of giggle and small screeches of happiness.
“ You little brat.” He laughed and slowly sat back up.
Anna sat down on the couch next to them and put a small duffle bag on the coffee table. She watched Laura sit up and hug her father tightly.
“ Don’t worry daddy, I still love you.” She giggled.
“ Oh…thanks…now I feel all better. But you know thanks to you, my neck is going to be killing me.” He explained.
“ You’ll survive.” Laura muttered and kissed him on the cheek.
“ Good girl.” Anna smiled and watched Mike’s eyes darken.
“ What is this, pick on Mike day?”
“ No, this is give your daughter her injection day.” Anna replied and handed him a syringe from the duffle bag.
Mike took it gently and felt Laura scoot away from him rapidly, eyeing the needle with nervous eyes and shaking lips.
“ No.” she stated and shook her head as Mike furrowed his brow.
“ Laura, don’t be scared, it won’t hurt.”
“ Yesterday you said it would hurt a lot…” she pouted.
Anna sat back and crossed her arms, giving a smug smile. “ Yeah Mike, you did say that…how will she ever trust you?”
“ Quiet and let the expert handle this.” He muttered and raised a hand, silencing Anna.
She gave a small laugh and shook her head as he tried to ignore her snorts and giggles.
“ Laura…I was trying to scare your mom. She hates needles…she doesn’t even want to inject you. I however don’t mind and I promise you it won’t hurt a bit.” He explained calmly.
Laura shuffled closer to him slowly while staring profoundly into his trustworthy eyes. “ You’re not lying?” she asked cautiously.
“ I would never lie to you…I love you…” he replied softly and dabbed her arm a little with a swab filled with alcohol.
“ Besides, the worse things about needles are the alcohol swabs. Its cold and its wet and the air makes it burn.”
Laura kept her eyes on his as he carefully pushed the needle inside her arm.
“ And while you wait for someone to take the cap of the syringe, the cold air makes it worse and then you just become numb…and then as you’re waiting for this massive pain from the needle, it turns out it was already pushed in and taken out before you even realized it.” He smiled as he pulled out the needle.
Laura blinked slowly and stared down at the needle nervously. “ But I’ll still feel the sting…” she whined.
“ Sweetie, you’re not going to feel the sting because I already injected you and you didn’t even feel it.” He explained with a chuckle.
She frowned and looked down at her arm which had a small swollen circle with a red dot in the middle. She then looked back up at Mike and raised her eyes in realization.
“ You tricked me…”
“ You’re too smart for that.” He smiled and put the empty syringe on the table.
Anna stared at Mike in awe and amazement, then slowly let out a heavy breath in disbelief. “ She cries and shouts with me and when you do it, she’s completely silent and calm!”
He turned to her and raised a brow. “ The key here is distraction. Kids fall for it every time. It’s as good as bribing them with money.” He explained.
“ You’re a terrible father!”
“ I hope for your sake that was sarcasm because I believe I did a hell of a job with this.” He muttered with a furrowed brow.
“ Daddy?”
“ Yes Laura?” he asked as he turned to her.
“ What time is it?”
He looked down at his watch, slightly confused as to why she even wanted to know the time. “ 5:30 in the morning…why? Are you tired?” he asked.
She shook her head and stared at the patio doors, slowly standing up. Anna raised a brow and watched as she gripped the couch tightly, eyeing the sky and it’s brightening horizon.
Mike stood up and walked behind her, following her closely towards the doors. Everyone in the room was silent as Laura slowly opened the sliding doors and shuffled onto the patio.
Mike followed her towards the railings and stopped when she did. Anna stayed in the doorway, watching the two glowing under the growing sunrise. Mike watched Laura’s dark eyes brighten with the sun and she gave a soft smile, despite how shitty she was feeling.
Her pale face became a soft hazy orange as the sun poked its way over the horizon, revealing the sparkling dew filled grass. Mike’s heart warmed as he watched his daughter peering into the sky in a state of complete awe and peace.
Deep down inside, he felt the growing sadness filling his heart, knowing that this could very well be the last time he would get to spend with his daughter while she was still able to stand up. But the happiness and calm he felt at this moment by just being with her was more dominant in his heart and his eyes nearly swelled with tears.
He never wanted to see the light fade from her eyes…but he slowly accepted the fact that these moments were going to end…that her eyes would darken and she would give a soft sigh…relaxing her body from the pain.
Mike stared out into the sunrise and blinked away a few tears, then slowly smiled, gripping his daughter’s warm hand.

My hands hold safly to my dreams
Clutching tightly not one has fallen
So many years I've shaped each one
Reflecting my heart showing who I am
Now you're asking me to show
What I'm holding oh so tightly
Can't open my hands can't let go
Does it matter?
Should I show you?
Can't you let me go?

Surrender, surrender you whisper gently
You say I will be free
I know but can't you see?
My dreams are me. My dreams are me

You say you have a plan for me
And that you want the best for my life
Told me the world had yet to see
What you can do with one
That's committed to Your calling
I know of course what I should do
That I can't hold these dreams forever
If I give them now to You
Will You take them away forever?
Or can I dream again?

{Song: Surrender}
{Artist: Barlow Girl}

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Am I That Unimportant?
~~ Sorry for the long-ish wait but stuff came up. So here is the next chapter for your reading pleasure. I know i said that this would be the sad chapter but it's only half of it because again, if i had posted all of it, it would have taken you five million years to get through it so this part will be two chapters. Enjoy!:)~~

Two Weeks…

The pace at which Laura had weakened was unimaginable. In a matter of fourteen days, she had become bed ridden and couldn’t keep any food or drink down. She had lost a vast amount of weight and was now coming in at around seventy pounds or so.

There were many nights that she wouldn’t be able to sleep and would stay awake crying for companionship…either that or she was under an immense amount of pain. The days were not as tough though, she would sleep and sleep and sleep all day and would awaken only during the night, forcing her parents to change their sleeping habits.

It was becoming increasingly difficult for Anna to control her emotions while watching her daughter reject food and lose weight drastically and there were many nights that Mike would have to calm her down and hold her in an attempt to keep her sane enough to get through a few more days.

Mike was the complete opposite of what he had been a few weeks before. He was no longer depressed or angry about the current situation because he was only concentrating on Laura’s remaining time and not her coming death.

However, this was not the case for Anna.

She couldn’t stop thinking about Laura’s death and just kept imagining the look upon her daughter’s face as she died…feeling her fingers run cold and her face become gray.

She didn’t think she’d even be able to attend the funeral let alone sit in her daughter’s room and watch her die. She admired Mike’s will to remain patient and calm during all of this and knew that he was probably just hiding behind a façade.

Deep down, he was terrified and sobbing…though he would not allow himself to show those emotions on the outside. He had promised himself that he would be strong for his family and breaking down would only cause more problems, especially for his emotionally distraught wife.

The two parents had no idea when Laura would finally escape this life, but the one thing they knew for sure was that it was nearing quickly. The hours in which she slept were becoming longer and longer with each day and it sickened the parent’s deeply within their hearts.

It was as if they were awaiting the coming of the end of the world…although losing a child really did feel that way. Anna walked into Laura’s room stiffly and shivered because of the slight draft coming from the open window. She gripped the cracked window lightly and pulled it closed, sucking the draft out and feeling the warm air circle around her.

She turned slowly towards the bed and eyed her daughter carefully, making sure her chest was still rising and falling softly. Well it was rising and falling…but it was anything but softly. She looked like she was having trouble breathing and her face contorted with strain that Anna could only guess was from some kind of unknown pain.

“ Laura…” she called softly, sitting on the bedside.

The young girl opened her eyes a slit and began trembling feverishly. She could barely hear her mother’s voice over the throbbing head and winced, feeling a wave of weakness take over.

“ Where does it hurt sweetie?” Anna asked quietly, stroking her damp hair lightly.

Laura swallowed hard and tried to get her voice to work, but all that came out was a cracked whimper.

“ E-everywhere…”

This was the first sign that her body was completely failing…intense joint pain. See, her body was interpreting the failing brain as pain and was executing it throughout her system, causing her immense discomfort and agony. Anna raised her head as she felt the familiar presence enter the room and shuffle towards her slowly.

He stared down at his shaking daughter and lowered his eyes sadly. She did not look well at all. A few tears rolled down her graying cheeks and through her eyes, Mike could tell that she knew what was happening despite her confusion. Anna looked up at him with sadness and her eyes darkened with hopelessness.

“ It’s happening…” she whispered under her breath.

Mike blinked slowly and watched his daughter’s dark eyes turn to him with fatigue. She was under more pain than she was letting everyone know and he watched her silently wince.

“ Mike, we’re out of needles…she’s going to have to do this in pain.” Anna explained quietly to him with almost a whisper.

He swallowed the lump in his throat and sighed uneasily, staring into Anna’s eyes. “ Anna, we can’t let her-.”

“ –I know.” She muttered softly, sensing his apprehension.

Seeing her dying was one thing, but seeing her in pain WHILE dying was too much to bear. Mike bit his bottom lip nervously and suddenly got a thought. It probably wouldn’t be much use but at leased it was something to hold on to.

“ Anna…the experimental drugs-.”

“ –No…no more medication…no more treatments. I want her to die in peace.”

“ Anna she’s not going to die in peace if she’s in pain. Those drugs could help her rest more easily. At leased she’ll be comfortable.” He explained softly.

Anna stared at him in worry and gave a slow and very deep sigh. “ Those drugs may not cover the pain. They could make it worse…after all, they are experimental and we don’t know what the hell they are going to do to her.” She explained.

Mike nodded a little and kneeled down beside the bed, gripping Laura’s hand gently. She squeezed back unconsciously and blinked through her fatigue. She could already fell her heart slowing.

“ Anna…look at her…look how much pain she’s in. Even if we don’t know what the drugs will do to her, at leased its worth a shot right?”

Anna stared down at Laura with dark eyes and noticed how slick her face had become with sweat. Her brain was heating her body and causing burning sensations through her skin. It couldn’t hurt right? After taking a few more moments to contemplate her decision, Anna finally nodded.

“ Alright…” she replied quietly.

Mike sighed with relief and looked back down at Laura, giving a grim smile. “ Just hang on a little longer Laura…I’m going to get you something for the pain.” He whispered in her ear, feeling her relaxing.

He then kissed her softly on the forehead and lowered his eyes.

“ I love you…”

His whisper lingered in her ear as he stood up straight and eyed the door, running a hand through his hair nervously. What if he didn’t make it back in time? What if she died while he was out? He glanced at Anna and watched her somber face glisten under the morning sunrise.

She had the same thoughts coursing through her mind as well and gave a small sigh. “ Hurry Mike.” She warned softly. He gave a short nod and headed out the door towards his truck, hopping into the driver’s seat. He pulled out of the driveway quickly and glanced back at the house before slowly heading down the road towards the hospital.

I woke up today in London
As the plane was touching down
And all I could think about was Monday
And maybe ill be back around

If this keeps me away much longer
I don’t know what I will do
You’ve got to understand its a hard life
That im going through

And when the night falls in around me
I don’t think ill make it through
Ill use your light to guide the way
Cause all I think about is you

Well L.A is getting kinda crazy
And New York is getting kinda cold
I keep my head from getting lazy
I just cant wait to get back home

And all these days I spend away
Ill make up for this I swear
I need your love to hold me up
When its all too much to bear

And when the night falls in around me
I don’t think ill make it through
Ill use your light to guide the way
Cause all I think about is you

And all these days I spend away
Ill make up for this I swear
I need your love to hold me up
When its all too much to bear

When the night falls in around me
I don’t think ill make it through
Ill use your light to guide the way
Cause all I think about is you


Mike walked into the main lobby of the hospital with a quickened pace and swallowed hard. He looked around at all the people and made his way towards the front desk. He stopped short and placed his hands against the counter, eyeing a young attending intently.

“ Excuse me…”

The woman continued to type on the computer, obviously keeping her attention to whatever she was working on. Patients and doctors bumped into Mike and pushed around, trying to make their way around the busy hospital.

“ Excuse me.” Mike stated louder.

The woman looked up from the screen and eyed him with disinterest. “ Take a seat by the wall and a doctor will see you soon.”

“ No, I have to see a doctor…uh…Carlyle, right away.” He explained with impatience.

That was the name of the doctor that had performed the many tests on Laura…and who had given her prognosis. The attending sighed heavily and rolled her eyes, grabbing a file.

“ Doctor Carlyle is busy at the moment, so please…take a seat…”

“ You don’t understand, I have to see him NOW.” Mike explained shakily.

“ Sir, I don’t think YOU understand. You can’t just see a doctor right when you come in here. There are other patients waiting.” She explained with irritation.

Mike frowned and gave a low growl under his breath. Was it customary to be rude these days?

“ Look lady, I don’t have time to argue with you about this now please…I need to see him.”

“ And I’m sorry sir but you have to WAIT.” She spat back.

“ Mary, what seems to be the problem?”

Mike looked up from the woman and concentrated his eyes on a tall doctor…Doctor Carlyle.

“ This gentleman says he needs to see you right away…and he made a point about it being RIGHT THIS MOMENT.”

Doctor Carlyle eyed Mike curiously and then suddenly remembered who he was. “ Ah yes…Laura is your daughter right?”

Mike nodded a little and sighed uneasily. “ Could I speak with you for a moment?” he asked.

The doctor nodded and escorted him towards a quieter corner of the hospital while Mike shot the young attending a dirty look. “ What did you need?” The doctor asked.

“ Its not for me…it’s for Laura-.”

“ –I’m sorry but there is nothing more I can do for her. She’s dying.”

“ I’m aware of that but she’s in pain and a lot of it. We ran out of medication a while ago…Doctor, please, she’s dying in pain…” he explained, obviously upset and distraught and under a time limit.

Doctor Carlyle stared at Mike in thought while adjusting his glasses. “ And like I said…there is nothing more I can do for her. I am deeply sorry that she is in the moment of death.”

Mike swallowed the growing lump in his throat and crossed his arms. “ You said there were experimental treatments…”

“ Yes, plasmapheresis, intravenous gammaglobulin, and cyclosporin if I recall correctly.” The doctor replied with a nod.

“ Could those help with the pain?” Mike asked hopefully.

“ It could…but if she’s dying-.”

“ –Would it matter? They’ll still work right?” he demanded.

The doctor sighed heavily and placed his hands in his lab coat pockets. He knew how desperate Mike was…but not to save her life, just to let his daughter feel comfortable and relaxed during this time. It was all that mattered to him right now. “ They will…but your wife didn’t want-.”

“ –She’s agreeing to it. She doesn’t want to see Laura like this anymore than I do. Please, just tell me you can give this to me.”

“ You have to understand that I can’t just prescribe you an experimental medication. These things take time, and even if I were to prescribe it to your daughter, she would have to undergo more tests before anything could be written down on paper. And I have a feeling she’s not going to last through the next hour.”

“ Which is exactly why I need you to make this happen fast. I can’t watch my little girl die in pain.” Mike explained with a distraught look upon his heated face.

The doctor shook his head slowly and watched Mike’s eyes darken. “ I’m sorry…I can’t make this happen legally.”

“ What if I give you a blank check or something…pay it off?”

“ You can’t fix this with any amount of money. Its hospital rules and I am very sorry…the answer is no.”

Mike paced around the floor stressfully with a hand to his forehead, not believing what he was hearing. He didn’t have time for this and the doctor knew it.

“ Jesus Christ, I can’t fucking believe this. She doesn’t have to die in pain…why should she have to die in pain?” he breathed more to himself than the doctor standing before him.

“ Am I just supposed to watch her thrash and squirm in pain as her body shuts down? Is she supposed to live her last minutes on Earth in terrible agony?”

The doctor stared at him silently as he stopped pacing. Obviously he wasn’t reaching the good doctor this way. Mike sighed helplessly and dropped his hands to his sides, slapping his legs with irritation and impatience.

“ Rules or no rules…don’t you have the least bit of sympathy for a dying child?” he asked with a quiet tone.

“ It doesn’t matter how I feel…I cannot legally authorize this kind of medication for a dying patient. It’s useless. Yes, she won’t be in pain but she will also be dead minutes from the injection. It is a giant waste of the hospital’s money.”

“ Fuck the goddamn hospital!” Mike shouted furiously, stopping a few doctors and patients in the hall.

Doctor Carlyle looked around nervously and nodded a little, signaling to the stopped people that everything was under control. Mike swallowed hard, feeling his jaw clenching from the sudden attention. Quickly, the halls resumed back to normal and he looked back at the doctor.

A helpless shine glinted within his eyes as he lowered his head. “ Doctor I am BEGGING you…authorize this medication. Please…” Mike’s voice fell with his eyes and he became silent.

“ Come with me…”

Mike’s ears perked at the sound of the doctor’s voice which had become quiet and soft. Silently, he followed the doctor through a few winding corridors and then into a small room, illuminated by only a small blue light behind an x-ray slab against the wall.

Mike watched as the doctor unlocked a drawer, then peered around the room, making sure no one was watching. Then he grasped a small black case and pulled it out of the drawer. Mike eyed the small case curiously and frowned, wondering what in the hell it was.

“ This…this is intravenous gammaglobulin. You inject it into the vein in either one of her arms. It should take effect almost immediately and she will begin to feel sleepy and light headed. The pain will be gone.”

Mike stared at the doctor with confusion, wondering why he was giving him this. “ I thought it was against hospital rules to prescribe this medication to a dying patient.”

“ I’m not prescribing it…it has simply been misplaced somewhere…I’m going to try to find a replacement…” he explained with a small grin, handing the case to Mike.

He took it gently and opened it, eyeing the full syringe inside. “ This will allow her some peace?” he asked, just to make sure.

“ It will…” He replied softly.

Mike sighed with silent relief and nodded slowly, closing the case. “ Thank you…thank you so much…” he breathed.

The doctor gave a weak smile and opened the door, leading Mike out into the hall. “ Hurry home to your daughter…she will start feeling peaceful soon.” He explained.

Mike swallowed hard and stared down at the floor, trying to keep his tears within his own eyes.

“ I hope so…”

With that, Mike disappeared down the hall and out into the growing morning. He entered his truck quickly and pulled out of the parking lot and out onto the road towards home.

Hopefully, Laura would find her peace when he arrived…

{Song: Landing In London}
{Artist: 3 Doors Down}

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