Chapter 55

Ash's point of view.

After Dr Fallon leaves the room, one of the the nurses comes in to get Anna prepared for her scan. Thankfully she is already wearing a hospital gown, so it's mainly just transferring her onto a trolley to take her down to the scan room.

When we get there, Anna doesn't have the energy to get up onto the table, and I lift her up as she puts her head on my shoulder, her eyes wide as she looks around the room.

I Whisper quietly to her. "Everything will be okay, baby."

The nurse pulls me behind a screen as the scanner moves over Anna; she looks so tiny lying on that table, so small and so helpless as the massive scanner passes over her.

And all I can do is watch from behind a screen; I can't even hold her hand.

When the scan is over, I carry Anna back to her room, she is clearly exhausted, and I don't want to wait around for a hospital porter to get her back to her room.

I kiss the top of her head as I lay her down on the bed before covering her up and pulling a chair