Chapter 99 - Stressed

[Asher]

We’re supposed to trust doctors.

I mean, everyone has their area of expertise.

But why on earth did I feel like something was wrong?

I’d gone over the test results of my little boy — they matched exactly what the doctor had said. I even researched the diagnosis myself, trying to understand what it meant, and everything I found lined up perfectly with the explanation he’d given me.

The doctor said Darian would be fine in a few days.

But my baby boy was still lying there on that hospital bed.

He was a little better than he was last week — he could eat now and even manage a small smile — but looking at him, I could tell something still wasn’t right.

I’d talked to Vienna about bringing in another doctor. I could get one of the best doctors in the world if I wanted to.

But what Vienna said made sense.

Dr. Adam had been Darian’s doctor since he was little. He’d always handled his treatment without any problems, so Vienna thought it was best to let him continue.

I agreed at first, bu