
I drove straight to the hospital, praying I was mistaken… yet terrified that I wasn’t. The trip there felt far longer than it really was.
Noah’s cries filled the car—sharp and broken—each one twisting deeper into my chest. I kept checking the rearview mirror, my heart pounding so loudly I could hear it in my ears.
“Hold on, sweetheart,” I whispered, gripping the steering wheel tightly. “Grandma’s getting help.”
When I pulled up to the emergency entrance, I didn’t even bother parking properly. I gathered Noah in my arms and rushed through the sliding glass doors.
A nurse at the front desk immediately stood.
“What’s wrong?”
“My grandson,” I said breathlessly. “He won’t stop crying, and I found a bruise on him. He’s only two months old.”
Her expression changed instantly.
“Come with me.”
Within moments, we were inside a small examination room. Another nurse gently lifted Noah from my arms and laid him on a padded table.
He screamed the moment they touched his stomach.
“That’s where the bruise is,” I said quickly, pointing with trembling fingers.
The nurse carefully lifted his onesie.
As soon as she saw it, her face hardened.
“I’m getting the doctor,” she said quietly.
My stomach dropped.
Something was very wrong.
Dr. Patel arrived within minutes.
He was calm, middle-aged, with tired but kind eyes. He examined Noah carefully, pressing lightly around the bruise.
Noah screamed again.
The doctor frowned.
“When did you first notice this?” he asked.
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