Prompt 2: Conversation with my Spouse | Word count: 1200 Words | Genre:
WAITING
The front desk directed me. Follow the blue lines and I would be where I needed to go. The hospital smells and sounds felt foreign and frightening. I reached the intensive care waiting area. My husband stood up and held me close.
“They just took her for tests.” He said. His voice cracking with the weight. “She is ready to go, but the baby is turned. Grace is fighting with everything she has, she is weak, very weak. Erik is with her.”
“ What will they do? C section?”

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