HERO

KIRAN

"Mr. and Mrs. Williams," I greeted as they entered the waiting room where I had been sitting, "How is she?"

They looked at each other and then Mrs. Williams said to me, "Kiran, Peter, and I would like to thank you for finding and bringing Aurora here, but we think you should leave."

I swallowed, "Did she ask you to kick me out?"

"No."

"Yes."

Her parents answered at the same time and Mrs. Williams looked at her husband in disbelief when he answered yes, all while keeping his eyes on Kiran with a strong and intimidating look.

No matter if it was Aurora to ask me to leave or her parents, I'm clearly not welcomed here, so I nodded my head to them and left.

Once outside the hospital and in the fresh, crisp air, I knew I wouldn't be able to go home and sit still, so I decided to walk to the gym - I had to get the car, anyway, so two birds with one stone.

It was a forty-minute walk, and all the time I kept seeing