BABY MYLES

HAZEL

The drive to the hospital proves to be so long such that I end up being exhausted and bored.

When we arrive at the hospital, I don't feel as excited as I was when we had left the house. Ramon's point of view on his world made me sort of numb.

Sometimes I dream of what it will be like to be a grandma, and what I'd look like when I age. Ramon has never experienced anything like that. It's sad to think about. All he has ever wanted was what is best for everyone else, putting himself last each and every time.

The sting from his words still resides in my nerves as they keep playing on repeat inside of my head. I had been pressuring him, but he didn't have to blow up on me. I can't blame him, but I'm appalled by the way he had acted on it. How was I supposed to react to that?

The entire car ride here, I played cabd crush and picked at my fingers. I didn't come prepared to be lectured at four in the morning.

My mind is quite heavy as the idea of everything sinks in. Finally, the eight