Diagnosis

Forrest watched Christen and Christian play on the hospital bed from outside the door. Though it was more of Christian playing with his mother, who tried to match his energy as she rested on the bed, and her additional checkup from a doctor, after her little episode.

He couldn’t make sense of what happened earlier. One minute, as he waited out the door for Christian’s arrival, coming up with various plans on how to lightly tell him that they couldn’t see his mother for some reason, next he knew, the steady beeping in the room suddenly became long- one of the signs that stated ‘something happening’ to the patient within- and he barged in to find his ex-wife on the floor, looking more distressed than before. He tried to help her, only to be denied in a harsh manner. It was only when Christian came that she calmed down, and acted very motherly towards him.

‘What the heck happened back there?’ he wondered, hoping the doctor will get answers on the situation.

He heard footsteps approaching