Caleb's fever spiked just after midnight.Morwen's message came in while I was still at my desk. Alice was already up in the pediatric wing — she'd been there since we got back from the depot, making up the hours the drive had cost her.So I walked over.The corridors were quiet, the lights turned down low for the night. Through the glass I could see her before I even opened the door.She was in the chair beside his bed, one hand curled around the railing, her head tipped forward. Asleep — sitting up, fingers still loose around the bar, her body just given out under her. The monitors beeped, steady. Caleb slept in fits, his small face flushed.She always kept her promises.I crossed the room quiet and took the chair on the other side of the bed.The hours went by. The monitors beeped. Caleb stirred once, whimpered, settled again. I watched the window go from black to grey.-----She woke as the light came up.Her fingers tightened on the railing first, before her eyes even opened. The
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