Jessica braced herself against the wall, the bowl of water she'd been carrying slipping from her grasp and crashing to the floor, sending water splashing

everywhere.

She looked pale and unsteady.

Timothy hurried over and caught her before she could fall. "Jessy, what's wrong? Are you feeling sick? Let me take you to the hospital."

She tried to shrug him off, but a sharp pain twisted through her abdomen, leaving her too weak to resist.

Vince rushed over, gently prying Timothy's arm away and wrapping his own around Jessica's shoulders.

In a faint voice, Jessica muttered, "Vince, make him leave. I don't want to see him."

Timothy's heart pounded in his chest. "I'm not going anywhere! You're sick, Jessy. Let me take you to see a doctor."

Jessica shot him a cold look. "I don't need your help. Just go."

Even though she was barely holding herself together, her words came out with surprising force.

to Timothy. "Didn't you say you were going to change? She doesn't want to see you, and she's obviously feeling worse because

hesitated, torn, but after a long moment he finally

he was gone, Vince helped Jessica over to the bed next to Daisy's and eased her down. "I'm

I'll be fine once I take it. I just left my bag in Grandpa's room-could

to Larkin's room, where their parents were keeping vigil. When Zachary saw him, he said, "Vince, why don't you take your mother and Jessy home to rest for a while? Your mother's not well-she shouldn't be staying up all night

go get

Jessica's bag and returned to the room. He poured her a glass of water and handed

her meds, swallowing them with a

up for it? If you're not,

she sees me like this,

scared. The test results will come quickly, and once

her again—he couldn't bear to lose her now. No one in the family

and told Mrs. Zimmerman that Jessy had already met Daisy and had even taken her as her goddaughter. With Daisy running a fever, Jessy was

Zimmerman protested, so Vince

He stood outside the entrance, smoking nervously, watching as Vince led Mrs. Zimmerman

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