~Christine’s POV~

The doors swung open as soon as my foot it the electronic sensor pad allowing the warm air to wash over my cold body, the weather dropping record numbers this week for Los Angeles. People said impatiently in the hard chairs, bouncing their legs up and down shifting their eyes back and forth hoping a doctor or nurse would see them soon.

But I didn’t care about those people, my heart did go out to them of course but I couldn’t be bothered at the moment. Taking a deep breath I strolled to the nurses’ station, fingers tapping upon the hard surface watching the nurse and praying she’d turn around so I didn’t need to raise my voice.

Slowly the chair spun around revealing a lean young man in a white scrub. He had dull green eyes but a welcoming smile that somehow made his face match the color of his black hair with green streaks, “How can I help you tonight?”

“My daughter…she…was admitted,”

“Christine!”

I spun on my heel to be met with Raife; he had a cut above his right eye the flesh swelling against the stitches. Holding his hand out he ushered me down the hall to one of the rooms. Inside Ashley sat with a smile as her mouth wrapped around a lollipop and her cast fitted arm was inspected by the doctor.

“Mama,” Ashley smiled at me with only the innocents of a child her hair pulled back in a pony tail and her pajamas still keeping her warm, “Looky I got a cast…it’s purple, Spender’s favorite color,”

This made my heart beat rapidly in my chest as I rushed forward with tears in my eyes, falling upon my cheeks as I wrapped my little girl in my arms knowing that this should have never happened that she never in her life should have to feel this pain. She snuggled closer for a second before pulling back.

“Yes I see baby its purple,” kissing her cheek, forehead, other cheek this only made her squeal in glee.

“WHAT THE HELL?”

Paula’s voice resounded in the hall way alerting the entire room that she was being restrained at the nurses’ station as I would have been if Raife didn’t come get me when he did.