Chapter82: Parental Instincts

Chapter 82: Parental Instincts  XENOIS Thorne was already on his feet, his earlier anger forgotten in the face of a crisis that involved children. "I'm coming with you." "Fine," I said, not bothering to argue with him. Thorne was almost as stubborn as me, besides I was going to need his car to get there and finally send someone to get my car from the school. But right now, all I cared about was getting to my son. The drive to the hospital seemed to pass so quickly as my mind was filled with worried thoughts as I sat in the passenger seat. What if Ollie was seriously hurt? What if Riley was even worse off than Mrs. Henderson had told me? What if this was somehow my fault, had the children seen what happened and gotten into a fight about it as well. Or was this the work of a bully? But who? Ollie was well liked by his classmates and Riley was just on his first day here. We were directed to the pediatric ward when we arrived, and I felt my heart racing as we made our way through the white