Bella
Whit looked relieved to see her awake and Milly cried a lot as she stood on the chair next to her bed, where Parker had placed her and stayed her, to keep her from climbing up on the bed, explained to her that she shouldn’t, stated the words “Mummy’s not so well, how about you hold her hand instead.”
Which Milly had looked up at him and then nodded tearfully, but done as she was asked, and he’d stood there and patted Milly’s back. Annette had come in and seen the children were up and awake and told her she’d wait on the explanation until later.
She understood that, as she didn’t want to upset the children, who already looked upset, she didn’t want Whit or Milly to hear the details, and she knew they weren’t going to be. Not considering she had an incision down the middle of her ch
