Secrets and Schemes
“Maybe it’s just someone trying to joke with me, but who and at such a time?”
“Wait a minute, Scarr,” Vera quickly chipped in.
“You don't think it's about…” At that moment, a nurse emerged through the door.
“You can see him now,” she said.
We all quickly stood up to leave for Ethan's room. As we entered the room, Ethan's gaze fixed on mine and then shifted to his mom. “Mom,” he said quietly, his voice faint. I couldn’t stop thinking about what Vera was suggesting, it couldn’t be. No one besides Vera, Dad, Grandma and I knew about that secret, and it was supposed to remain that way, so that text had to be a harmless joke, right?
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