WHERE IS DADDY?

We all stand up when the door to Angel's room opens, with the doctor standing in front of us. We are all here—all my family members and also Rita and her husband. Andy called them up, though they haven't conversed, but at least they feel appreciated even by just being here.

"Well, doc? How did it go?" I ask because Andy seems to be contemplating something that I don't know.

"It went well, Mr. Ashton. The transfusion was a success." The doctor replies, causing us all to relax. Everyone was tense.

"Can we see her now?" I ask after breathing out a sigh of relief.

"Sure, but don't bother her so much as she needs a lot of rest. Only two people at a time." The doctor says this and excuses himself.

My parents nod at me, implying that Andy and I go in first. That was deduced. We are her parents anyway, and we just can't introduce them to her in her hospital bed. I looked at Andy. He is still lost, to the point that I had to shake him to reality.

"Let's go in." I ask, afraid of what he lo