#Chapter 174- News

Fiona My toes tap uncontrollably on the floor as I squeeze Isla’s hand. It didn’t take long for the nurse to bring us back to a room after we arrived, but since then, we’ve been sitting alone in this little office. I’m kind of freaking out because they wouldn’t be taking so long if there wasn’t something wrong. Were they trying to figure out how to tell me I’m dying? Do I have some sort of sickness they can’t cure, or maybe I’ve got a disease that could spread to everyone around me. I bite at my thumbnail nervously, swallowing the lump in my throat. What if I’m sick with the same thing my mom had? Are blood diseases hereditary? Could it have been inside me all along and I didn’t know it? “Would you stop that?” Isla scolds, snatching my hand back from my face. “If the sterile smell doesn’t drive me crazy, then your incessant tapping, tapping, tapping will.” “S-sorry, I can’t help it,” I mumble, worrying my bottom lip between my teeth. “I just… there’s too much going throug